Change value of disabled checkbox

[Froggy]

So I've run across a little snag. I have a page where I have a checkbox being displayed but is disabled (the user can't change it's value due that it's DB driven). Below this checkbox, I have an autocomplete field. Should an item from the autocomplete come back, I need to be able to toggle the value of the disabled checkbox. However, I'm unable to do so at this moment.Here is my code so far.View\[code\]...<tr> <td class="adminTitle"> @Html.NopLabelFor(model => model.IsSpecialOrder): </td> <td class="adminData"> @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.IsSpecialOrder) @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.IsSpecialOrder) </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="adminTitle"> @Html.NopLabelFor(model => model.ItemNumber): </td> <td class="adminData"> @if (Model.Id > 0) { @Html.DisplayFor(model => model.ItemNumber) } else { @Html.EditorFor(model => model.ItemNumber) } </td> </tr>...<script type="text/javascript">...$("#ItemNumber").autocomplete({ minLength: 2, source: function (request, response) { var itemNumber = $("#ItemNumber").val(); //Get available Products based on search parameter and map data $.getJSON('@Url.Action("GetProductsByItemNumber", "PurchaseOrder")', { searchProduct: itemNumber }, function (data) { for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { productData.push({ 'Id': data.Id, 'Name': data.Name, 'ItemNumber': data.ItemNumber, 'Description': data.Description, 'IsSpecialOrder': data.IsSpecialOrder }); } response($.map(data, function (item) { return { value: item.ItemNumber, id: item.Id }; })); }) }, select: function (event, ui) { if (ui.item.id == 0) { //Do some house cleaning and alert user to mistake alert("You must retry your search for a Product"); $("#Name").val(""); $("#ItemNumber").val(""); $(".ProductDescription").html(""); document.getElementById("@Html.FieldIdFor(model => model.IsSpecialOrder)").checked = false; //$("#IsSpecialOrder").prop("checked", false); return false; } //Record ProductId $("#ProductId").val(ui.item.id); //Fill RequestorExt with correct data var description = GetData(productData, ui.item.id, "desc"); var name = GetData(productData, ui.item.id, "name"); var isSpecialOrder = GetData(productData, ui.item.id, "is"); $(".ProductDescription").html(description); $("#Name").val(name); document.getElementById("@Html.FieldIdFor(model => model.IsSpecialOrder)").checked = isSpecialOrder; //$("#IsSpecialOrder").prop("checked", isSpecialOrder); } });...</script>\[/code\]From what I've been reading, disabled fields cannot be changed without enabling. I'm guessing that is the only way to fix this but wanted to make sure first. Any ideas?