<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      span {color: red}
      input[type=text][disabled]:disabled + span {color: green}
      input[type=submit]:disabled + span {color: red}
      input { display: none }
    </style>
  </head>

  <body onload='document.getElementById("one").setAttribute("disabled", "disabled");
                document.getElementById("one").setAttribute("type", "text");'>
    <input type="submit" id="one"/>
    <span>Should be no red </span>
  </body>
</html>