Little black highlight box stays on screen....?

My mini just starting doing this yesterday. When ever the cursor is moved over a desktop icon, or when I click on a text box on line, or even just randomly on websites, a black box outlines the item and remains on the screen even after it has opened a new page. Also, when I go to the apple in the task bar to shut the computer down, it now says restart twice, shut down twice and log out so-and-so twice...I have no idea why it's doing this, any answers or solutions? thanks!

You have accidently enabled Universal Access. Go to Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access and disable it. Note the shortcuts in Universal Access, so you don't accidently press them again.

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