Comment 5 for bug 1618723

OK, sorry, only just noticed the other comments...

Lemme answer them now::

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04, although when I first posted I was using Ubuntu 16.10 Beta.
Orca3.18.2

MATE Desktop Environment 1.12.1

The way I got around it was to right click randomly in the top panel to the left of the SHutdown button until I got the right widget.

There's other widgets in there too like the volume control and the calendar... The Calendar and the Volume control will speak if you put the mouse over them (with mouse announcements turned on obviously), but the Wireless does not.

Thanks again mate, and if you're the Majid I think you are, nice to hear from you mate!