Physical requirements stymie some job hunters

One recent emailer told me about a bank that backed out of a hiring offer to a customer service representative because it didn’t want to spend $500 on software that would accommodate his blindness.
Discrimination against persons with disabilities is a perennial topic in the workplace. I’ve also heard about a job posting for an accounting manager that required the employee to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and routinely move or lift 25 pounds. A separate posting, for a university p