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rights before each meeting. A person who does not wish to talk with WPAS staff shall be aflowed to communicate *ris directly and privately to WPAS staff unless he or she overtly manifests fear of being alone with the WPAS staff. When the individual with a developmental disability overtly manifests such fear by words or behavior, WPAS shall respeet that person's desires and not meet alone with that person- C. WPAS will encourage its clients and other individuals with developmental disabilities to notify DDD and/or providers of complaints regarding DDD services and to resolve those complaints through any existing dispute resolution process. D. WPAS staff shall comply with all safety and security requirements of DDD. DDD will communicate these requirements to WPAS staff. E. DDD employees shall not interfere with WPAS staff in obtaining_ a plylte space for meetings betrveen 'WpaS staff and individuals with developmental disabilities. Private space does not mean a comer of a common area room or other loeation which would afford other residents and DDD employees open access to WPAS employees in living areas or on the grounds DDD employee.s shall reipect the confidentiality needs of the individual with a devdlopmental disability and WPAS. Where an individual with a delelgpmel]al,disability indicatbs that he or she does not want to meet in a private space, WPAS staff will respect this request. F. WPAS staffwill not be required to schedule visits with DDD employees in advance of their visits. However, WPAS staff may contact DDD employees to do so if access to a WPAS client or other individual with a developmental disabiltty will be facilitated due to the individual's daily activities. G. WPAS staffshall have the right to unaccompanied access to any SOLA or program staffed by DDD employees, and acceis to any individual WPAS client or I)D consumer they are authorized to serve, subject to the foliowing limitations: (1) While WPAS need not notifu the DDD employees prior to meeting with its ilient or DDD consumer, WPAS agrees not to dishrb a client or DDD consumer if the WPAS employee arrives at the residence or other building in which the client or DDD consumer i! served and the client or DDD consumer is engaged in regularly scheduled program activity. In such case, WPAS staff will be permitted to observe or otherwiie veriff the programming without disturbing it. If WPAS staff presence disfurbs or is objected to by the WPAS client or any other DDD consumer who is present, WPAS staff shall make arrangements to meet with the WPAS client or DDD consumer al a later time. Where consulted prior to making an appointment, DDD employees will cooperate with WPAS staff in making schedulin_g^ anangements. The WPAS employee shall not disturb nor intemrpt the activity. If the activity is confidential, WPAS shall obtain the client or DDD consumer's permission to obserye the activity or shall respect the client or DDD consumer's iieht to privacy. WPAS staff will then either wait until the actrvtty ts completed or reichedrile the visit at a time that is mutually agreeable to WPAS staff and its individual client or DDD consumer, no later than 48 hours later. (2\ If the WPAS employee arrives for a meeting with a client or DDD consumer ina tne individual is actively aggressive, in programming to address this behavior, or receiving "one-to-one" supe*ision, in such a situation, WPAS staff will be permitted to observe the individual from a safe distance or otherwise veriff that the individual is actively aggressive. WPAS staffwillthen either: 5COMMTINITY ACCESS AGREEMENT