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			Internet Accessibility In the three years since he got his first rig - a secondhand 286 with a 14.4 modem, Larry Craig's physical mobility has steadily decreased; it's become harder and harder, finally impossible, to move unaided up a single city block. At the same time, he says, "Computing has opened up a whole new world." For Larry, and hundreds of thousands of other handicapped people, this is no metaphor. Cyber tools like e-mail, chat, and Internet access provide human contact that transcends physical and national borders. They make it possible to keep learning and doing. "Knowledge is power," Larry says. His computers - he now has two with Pentium processors at home - give him access to both. As he contemplates the inevitable advance of his disease, Larry looks to computing to maintain his citizenship in the world at large. When he loses the use of his hands, he'll turn to voice-activated software. "When my voice goes," he says, "I'll be able to type with a stick held in my teeth. My essential self, my brain, will still be active." While his hands are still able to do his bidding, Larry uses them to repair old computers. This is the kind of accessibility he wants to spread around.

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