David, Whereabouts do you live? Is there a local Linux User Group in your area? There are lots of people in the community who would love to help you out and might be able to do things to assist you in many ways.
Obviously, don't give too much personal info away in an open mailing list like this, but you should definitely consider getting yourself to a local LUG meet-up and let some of the eager, local Linux nerds help you out. That's what they are there for! Perhaps in future, you could even contribute back, utilise your experiences and possibly help out in some of the open-source accessibility projects. A while ago, when listening to one of the Linux podcasts, I heard a fascinating and encouraging interview about an Ubuntu-based (I think) distro, which champions accessibility and feeds back into upstream accessibility projects. Anyone reading this: Help me out here; was this the Ubuntu Podcast? What was this distro? Who'd like to help out David? Thanks to all, Rich. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/