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7. What is a reasonable modification?
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12. Is an agency required to arrange for services to parents and prospective parents with disabilities that are necessary to avoid discrimination but are not available within the agency’s programs?
provides to parents without disabilities, a child welfare agency may be required, under Title II and Section 504, to arrange for available services from sources outside of the agency as a reasonable...
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FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE NATURE OF… {35.130}
FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE NATURE OF… {35.130} “A public entity shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures when the modifications are necessary to avoid discrimination...
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Appendix E to Part 37—Reasonable Modification Requests
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Examples
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1. Snow and Ice
impossible for a fixed route passenger with a disability to get to a lift, or for the lift to deploy, the driver should move the bus to a cleared area for boarding, if such is available within reasonable...
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2. Pick Up and Drop Off Locations with Multiple Entrances
A paratransit rider's request to be picked up at home, but not at the front door of his or her home, should be granted, as long as the requested pick-up location does not pose a...
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3. Private Property
Even if the paratransit operator does not generally have a policy of picking up passengers on such private property, the paratransit operator should make every reasonable effort to gain...
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4. Obstructions
To be granted, such a request should result in the vehicle stopping in reasonably close proximity to the designated stop location....
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5. Fare Handling
A passenger's request for transit personnel (e.g., the driver, station attendant) to handle the fare media when the passenger with a disability cannot pay the fare by the generally...
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6. Eating and Drinking
If a passenger with diabetes or another medical condition requests to eat or drink aboard a vehicle or in a transit facility in order to avoid adverse health consequences, the...
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7. Medicine
A passenger's request to take medication while aboard a fixed route or paratransit vehicle or in a transit facility should be granted. For example, transit agencies should modify...
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8. Boarding Separately From Wheelchair
A wheelchair user's request to board a fixed route or paratransit vehicle separately from his or her device when the occupied weight of the device exceeds the design load of the...
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9. Dedicated vehicles or special equipment in a vehicle
A paratransit passenger's request for special equipment (e.g., the installation of specific hand rails or a front seat in a vehicle for the passenger to avoid nausea or back pain)...
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10. Exclusive or Reduced Capacity Paratransit Trips
A passenger's request for an exclusive paratransit trip may be denied as a fundamental alteration of the entity's services. Paratransit is by nature a shared-ride service.
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11. Outside of the Service Area or Operating Hours
This request would not be a reasonable modification because it would constitute a fundamental alteration of the entity's service....
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12. Personal Care Attendant (PCA)
While PCAs may travel with a passenger with a disability, transportation agencies are not required to provide a personal care attendant or personal care attendant services to meet...
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13. Intermediate Stops
The Department views granting a paratransit passenger's request for a driver to make an intermediate stop, where the driver would be required to wait, as optional. For example, a...
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14. Payment
A passenger's request for a fixed route or paratransit driver to provide the transit service when the passenger with a disability cannot or refuses to pay the fare may be denied. If...
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15. Caring for Service Animals
A paratransit or fixed route passenger's request that the driver take charge of a service animal may be denied. Caring for a service animal is the responsibility of the passenger or...
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16. Opening Building Doors
For paratransit services, a passenger's request for the driver to open an exterior entry door to a building to provide boarding and/or alighting assistance to a passenger with a...
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17. Exposing Vehicle to Hazards
If the passenger requests that a vehicle follow a path to a pick up or drop off point that would expose the vehicle and its occupants to hazards, such as running off the road,...
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18. Hard-to-Maneuver Stops
A passenger may request that a paratransit vehicle navigate to a pick-up point to which it is difficult to maneuver a vehicle. A passenger's request to be picked up in a location...
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19. Specific Drivers
A passenger's request for a specific driver may be denied. Having a specific driver is not necessary to afford the passenger the service provided by the transit operator.