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riehts before each meeting. A person who does not wish to talk with WPAS staff shail be ;T;;fi; "o--*i"ute ilris directly and privately to WPAS *_tuff unless he or she overtly t"*if"rtr- i# of being alone wlttr ttrei WPAS suff. When the individual with a Jr""f"p*."iut airuOitit'overtly manifests such fear by words or behavior, WPAS shall ,urp""t thtt person's desires and not meet alone with that person. C. WpAS will encourage its clients and other individuals wi4 developmental Jisabilities to notifu DDD ani/or providers of complaints regarding DDD services and to i.ioiu" tftore compiaints tfuough 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 pfy$e space for ieetings -Uetreeir iWaS staff and individuals with developmental disabilities. Private snace d"oes not mean a comer of a common area room or othei location which would afford oiii.i."iia"nts and DDD employees open access to WPAS. employees in living.areas or on the morrncls. DDD emplnyee.s shall respect the confidential-ityneeds of the individual with a ;#i;;;tal disabiliiy inA WpaS. iVhere an individual with a {elelgnme$al.disability i"Jil"tir tirat 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 employeg: in advance of tn.ir visits. However, WPAS staff may contact DDD employees to do so if access to a WpAS "Gnt or other individual with a developmental disabihty will be facilitated due to the individual's daily activities. G. WpAS staffshall have the right to unaccompaniedaccess_to any SOLA or program Juff.a bybDD employees, and acceis !g any i"gilau/ WPAS ciient or DI) consumer they are authorized to serve, subject to the following limitations: (l) While WPAS need not notify the DDD employees.prior to meeting with its ilient or DDD consumer, WPAS ugt""s not to dishirb a client or DDD consumer if the W?AS employee arriv'es at the iesidence or other building in which the client or DDD consumdr i6 serveO and the client or DDD consumer is engaged in regulzriy r"h"auf"a program activity. in such case, WPAS staff will b:_Rermitted to observe or otherwiie uitiry, tn. programming without distrirbing.it. If WPAS staff presence disturbs or is objecte d io iy ttre WFaS client or any other DDD consumer who is ;.g;;i WPAS rtuff rhuli-.ake arrangements to meet with the WPAS client or bDD .onr,,-er at a later time. Where consulted prior to making 1n appointment' Dbb emptoyees will cooperate with WPAS staff in making schedulin-g^ a.rangementr.- thr WPAS employee shall not disturb nor intem.rpt^the activity' If the -fctivity is confidentiai, WPAS shall obtain the client or DDD consumer's permission to obsen'e the ictivity or shall respect the client or DDD consumer's lehf t" pri"acy. WPAS statt wiii then either wait untrl the activtty ts completed or ;;"*;h.d;t" the visit at a time that is mutually agreeable to W?AS staff and its individual client or DDD consurner, no later than 48 hours later. (Z) If the W?AS employee arrives for a meeting with a ciient or DDD consumer i"li tft" individual is activel! aggressive, in programming. to address this behavior, or i.t*loing "one-'to-one" superilsion, in such a. situation, WPAS staff wiil be p"""itt""O to observe the individual from a safe distance or otherwise verifu that the individual is actively aggressive. WPAS staffwill then either: )COMMLINITY ACCESS AGREEMENT