Accessibility for People with Disabilities

Use this quick guide to learn about the features of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional that are important to accessibility for users with disabilities. The following summaries of tasks and planning issues map you to related sections in the appendix.

 Set up the computer for maximum accommodation of accessibility features.

Use administrative options in Accessibility Wizard or Control Panel and customize the computer for user profiles for multiple users. Set new personalized accessibility feature settings, and preserve previous settings.

• See Customizing Computers for Accessibility in this chapter.

 Choose options according to the type of disability.

Set accessibility and other options to suit individual categories of disabilities and the user's personal needs.

• See Setting Accessibility Options by Type of Disability in this chapter.

 Configure accessibility features by using Windows 2000 Professional options.

Set accessibility options by using Control Panel, Utility Manager, and Accessibility Wizard .

• See Configuring Accessibility Features in this chapter.

 Add third-party assistive devices.

Choose from a wide range of assistive technology to combine built-in Windows 2000 features with non-Microsoft add-on devices for all categories of disabilities for better control of the computer.

• See Adding Third-Party Products and Services in this chapter.