In the US, the use of computers and the Internet has increasingly become a part of life – a way of life even. More than half of the entire population of the nation use the e-mail, make online purchases or search for information through the Internet. Computer literacy has crossed the borders that used to be dictated by income, race, education, gender and age. Limitations as to environment and location have not been able to block its natural flow as work, home and schools equally welcomed the extraordinary access to timely information that is offered.

Physically disabled people have found an important ally in the online environment as tasks get completed without necessarily being physically present at a place that poses much challenge to reach. Computers and the Internet have made possible things that would otherwise be impossible. With people exhibiting less and less resistance to its use, its advantages continue to present a fertile ground for growth and development.