diff -upr gnome-session-2.20.0-pre/gnome-session/gsm-at-startup.c gnome-session-2.20.0-post/gnome-session/gsm-at-startup.c
--- gnome-session-2.20.0-pre/gnome-session/gsm-at-startup.c	2007-09-17 13:36:00.000000000 -0500
+++ gnome-session-2.20.0-post/gnome-session/gsm-at-startup.c	2007-11-07 20:13:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ gsm_assistive_registry_start (void)
      gdk_window_set_events (w, GDK_PROPERTY_CHANGE_MASK);
      gsm_exec_command_line_async (command, NULL);
      gdk_window_add_filter (w, gsm_assistive_filter_watch, &tid);
-     tid = g_timeout_add_seconds (5, gsm_assistive_filter_timeout, NULL);    
+     tid = g_timeout_add_seconds (10, gsm_assistive_filter_timeout, NULL);    
 
      gtk_main ();
 
diff -upr gnome-session-2.20.0-pre/gnome-session/main.c gnome-session-2.20.0-post/gnome-session/main.c
--- gnome-session-2.20.0-pre/gnome-session/main.c	2007-11-07 20:03:51.000000000 -0600
+++ gnome-session-2.20.0-post/gnome-session/main.c	2007-11-07 20:08:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -641,18 +641,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   gconf_client = gsm_get_conf_client ();
   gconf_client_add_dir (gconf_client, GSM_GCONF_CONFIG_PREFIX, GCONF_CLIENT_PRELOAD_ONELEVEL, NULL); 
 
-  env_a_t_support = g_getenv (ACCESSIBILITY_ENV);
-  if (env_a_t_support)
-    a_t_support = atoi (env_a_t_support);
-  else
-    a_t_support = gconf_client_get_bool (gconf_client, ACCESSIBILITY_KEY, NULL);
-
-  if (a_t_support)
-    {
-      gsm_assistive_registry_start ();
-      gsm_at_set_gtk_modules ();
-    }
-
   goption_context = g_option_context_new (N_("- Manage the GNOME session"));
   g_option_context_set_translation_domain (goption_context, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (goption_context, options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
@@ -752,6 +740,18 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   if (splashing)
     splash_start ();
 
+  /* move this down so the environments from above get set up
+     correctly before assistive modules activate items  */
+  env_a_t_support = g_getenv (ACCESSIBILITY_ENV);
+  if (env_a_t_support)
+    a_t_support = atoi (env_a_t_support);
+
+  if (a_t_support)
+    {
+      gsm_assistive_registry_start ();
+      gsm_at_set_gtk_modules ();
+    }
+
   start_session (the_session);
 
   gsm_motd_start ();