diff --git a/panels/universal-access/uap.ui b/panels/universal-access/uap.ui
index e24463e0c..852124da0 100644
--- a/panels/universal-access/uap.ui
+++ b/panels/universal-access/uap.ui
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
                             <child>
                               <object class="GtkFrame" id="frame4">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="sensitive">False</property>
                                 <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
                                 <child>
@@ -701,6 +702,7 @@
                             <child>
                               <object class="GtkFrame" id="seeing_reader_frame">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="sensitive">False</property>
                                 <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
                                 <child>
@@ -1068,6 +1070,8 @@
                             </child>
                             <child>
                               <object class="GtkFrame" id="frame12">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="sensitive">False</property>
                                 <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
                                 <child>
@@ -1205,6 +1209,8 @@
                             <property name="spacing">12</property>
                             <child>
                               <object class="GtkFrame" id="frame13">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="sensitive">False</property>
                                 <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
                                 <child>
@@ -2047,6 +2053,8 @@
                             </child>
                             <child>
                               <object class="GtkFrame" id="frame9">
+                                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                                <property name="sensitive">False</property>
                                 <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
                                 <child>
@@ -2703,6 +2711,7 @@
           <object class="GtkCheckButton" id="enable_status_icon_checkbutton">
             <property name="label" translatable="yes">Show Universal Access status</property>
             <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="sensitive">False</property>
             <property name="can_focus">True</property>
             <property name="receives_default">False</property>
             <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>