diff --git a/accessible/src/base/nsDocAccessible.cpp b/accessible/src/base/nsDocAccessible.cpp
index 12eeda9b6339..17d2c84c61c8 100644
--- a/accessible/src/base/nsDocAccessible.cpp
+++ b/accessible/src/base/nsDocAccessible.cpp
@@ -909,17 +909,36 @@ nsDocAccessible::AttributeChanged(nsIDocument *aDocument, nsIContent* aContent,
     return; // Document has been shut down
   }
 
-  if (aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_WAIProperties) {
-    ARIAAttributeChanged(aContent, aAttribute);
-    return;
-  }
-
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> targetNode(do_QueryInterface(aContent));
   NS_ASSERTION(targetNode, "No node for attr modified");
   if (!targetNode) {
     return;
   }
 
+  // Universal boolean properties that don't require a role.
+  if (aAttribute == nsAccessibilityAtoms::disabled) {
+    // Fire the state change whether disabled attribute is
+    // set for XUL, HTML or ARIA namespace.
+    // Checking the namespace would not seem to gain us anything, because
+    // disabled really is going to mean the same thing in any namespace.
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIAccessibleStateChangeEvent> enabledChangeEvent =
+      new nsAccStateChangeEvent(targetNode,
+                                nsIAccessibleStates::EXT_STATE_ENABLED,
+                                PR_TRUE);
+    FireDelayedAccessibleEvent(enabledChangeEvent);
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIAccessibleStateChangeEvent> sensitiveChangeEvent =
+      new nsAccStateChangeEvent(targetNode,
+                                nsIAccessibleStates::EXT_STATE_SENSITIVE,
+                                PR_TRUE);
+    FireDelayedAccessibleEvent(sensitiveChangeEvent);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_WAIProperties) {
+    ARIAAttributeChanged(aContent, aAttribute);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_XHTML2_Unofficial ||
       aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_XHTML) {
     if (aAttribute == nsAccessibilityAtoms::role)
@@ -978,16 +997,6 @@ nsDocAccessible::ARIAAttributeChanged(nsIContent* aContent, nsIAtom* aAttribute)
   if (!targetNode)
     return;
 
-  // Universal boolean properties that don't require a role.
-  if (aAttribute == nsAccessibilityAtoms::disabled) {
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIAccessibleStateChangeEvent> event =
-      new nsAccStateChangeEvent(targetNode,
-                                nsIAccessibleStates::EXT_STATE_ENABLED,
-                                PR_TRUE);
-    FireDelayedAccessibleEvent(event);
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (aAttribute == nsAccessibilityAtoms::required) {
     nsCOMPtr<nsIAccessibleStateChangeEvent> event =
       new nsAccStateChangeEvent(targetNode,
@@ -1010,7 +1019,7 @@ nsDocAccessible::ARIAAttributeChanged(nsIContent* aContent, nsIAtom* aAttribute)
     // The activedescendant universal property redirects accessible focus events
     // to the element with the id that activedescendant points to
     nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> currentFocus = GetCurrentFocus();
-    if (SameCOMIdentity(currentFocus, aContent)) {
+    if (currentFocus == targetNode) {
       nsRefPtr<nsRootAccessible> rootAcc = GetRootAccessible();
       if (rootAcc)
         rootAcc->FireAccessibleFocusEvent(nsnull, currentFocus, nsnull, PR_TRUE);