diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text.js b/Libraries/Text/Text.js
index dadf2a16379a9f..bc4fa226836d33 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text.js
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text.js
@@ -45,11 +45,22 @@ const Text: React.AbstractComponent<
     ...restProps
   } = props;
 
+  const [isHighlighted, setHighlighted] = useState(false);
+
+  const _disabled =
+    restProps.disabled != null
+      ? restProps.disabled
+      : props.accessibilityState?.disabled;
+  const _accessibilityState =
+    _disabled !== props.accessibilityState?.disabled
+      ? {...props.accessibilityState, disabled: _disabled}
+      : props.accessibilityState;
+
   const isPressable =
     (onPress != null ||
       onLongPress != null ||
       onStartShouldSetResponder != null) &&
-    restProps.disabled !== true;
+    _disabled !== true;
 
   const initialized = useLazyInitialization(isPressable);
   const config = useMemo(
@@ -167,7 +178,9 @@ const Text: React.AbstractComponent<
       <NativeText
         {...restProps}
         {...eventHandlersForText}
+        disabled={_disabled}
         accessible={accessible !== false}
+        accessibilityState={_accessibilityState}
         allowFontScaling={allowFontScaling !== false}
         ellipsizeMode={ellipsizeMode ?? 'tail'}
         numberOfLines={numberOfLines}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
index 10e0f8cd19c10f..06cd9c5853e14e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ public abstract class ReactTextAnchorViewManager<T extends View, C extends React
   };
   private static final String TAG = "ReactTextAnchorViewManager";
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "accessible")
+  public void setAccessible(ReactTextView view, boolean accessible) {
+    view.setFocusable(accessible);
+  }
+
   // maxLines can only be set in master view (block), doesn't really make sense to set in a span
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.NUMBER_OF_LINES, defaultInt = ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES)
   public void setNumberOfLines(ReactTextView view, int numberOfLines) {