How far should private business be forced to go to accommodate handicap individuals?

I am registered blind.
I have to pay for everything to enable me to do things non blind people can do for free.
If I want to walk outside, I have to have a white cane that cost me £30, and needs replacing every few months.
To use a computer, I cannot just go into pc world and buy a special offer, I have to go to RNIB and buy a computer system costing over £1000.
To read my own mail, I either have to ask someone else to read it for me, or buy a cctv screenreader for hundreds of pounds (Because the company sending the letter "doesn't have the facility" (I.e. can't be arsed) to send it in large print - government departments are the worst for this.
Cooking a meal involves specialist equipment that is much more expensive than the "mainstream" version.
I cannot use an ATM, so cannot access my hard earned money 24 hours a day like other people - unless I give someone my PIN number.

I work hard and pay for all of the things I need myself.

I work over 40 hours a week, am I not entitled to go to a theatre or cinema, because the premises has to pay a little extra?

A one off cost, then a smaller amount every so often for maintenance for very snmall numbers of people to use - who are paying to use the services of the premises after all.

I have to buy expensive things all of the time just to enable myself to go out to work and earn money!

If you actually knew what it was like to have a physical or sensory disability, you would know how far a business should have to go.

Why shouldn't we enjoy a movie the same as everyone else does?

I wish you could spend a week with a physical or sensory disability, then you might decide that your original post may need altering, as your douche is quite prominent throughout.

Yes, but the term "disability" is becoming so watered down that it is applying to more people who can live a complete life without all the extras (think speech impediments, ADHD, Asperger's, mental illness). Yet, due to their diagnosed disability, they get a free ride for the rest of their lives.

I work with the disabled. It makes me very angry to see parents with their advocates demanding their children be admitted into the special education system. They do this because once a child has an IEP, they find it's much easier to qualify for SS payments. Several hundred a month for life because you have ADHD? Give me a break!

In the end, what it boils down to is the Americans with Disabilities Act is slowly bankrupting our schools and small businesses.

If you are blind, you can still hear the movie. If you are deaf you can see it. Why can't you attend one of the theatres that already offer the services rather than demanding some small one or two-screen theatre go broke trying to accommodate you?

My girlfriend has MS, and her take is that as long as a good faith effort has been made, it's up to her to work with what they can provide. At least in her case, she does NOT expect everybody should have to pony up to make life easier for her special circumstance. She does, however, favor businesses with easier parking and ramps, so there is a natural business aspect at work there, the way it should be!