uodsp: FW: UO Accessible Parking Space Policy Change

[Heidi von Ravensberg]

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From: Elizabeth Wheeler [mailto:ewheeler at uoregon.edu] 
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 12:43 PM
To: Heidi von Ravensberg
Subject: UO Accessible Parking Space Policy Change

Please post. The UO has just changed its policy on reserved parking spots for people with disabilities. There will be no spot designated for a particular person unless your health care provider gives further evidence of need. Please contact Penelope Daugherty, Director of Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunity at 346-2971, or the Department of Parking and Transportation (346-5444). 
The policy change announcement is below.

> 
> The University has increased the number of designated accessible 
> parking spaces on campus.  We are working to have sufficient 
> designated accessible spaces to meet most employee needs.  Reserved 
> spaces will be assigned only in cases where there is a 
> disability-related reason why a designated accessible space will not 
> effectively accommodate an employee’s disability.
> 
> If you believe that using designated accessible parking will not 
> effectively accommodate your disability, then you will need to submit 
> documentation from your health care provider that specifies:
> 1.	The mobility impairment or other disability that is the basis for
> your request for a reserved parking space.
> 2.	The nature and extent of the limitation, with enough specificity
> that we can consider whether an additional accessible space can be 
> created that will accommodate your needs or whether a reserved space 
> is the only means to effectively accommodate the limitations of your 
> disability.
> 3.	The expected duration of your limitations.
> 
> In considering whether a reserved space is necessary, we will consider 
> the availability of designated accessible space in the vicinity that 
> is consistent with your limitations.  If there are spaces in an 
> appropriate vicinity, but there are disability-related reasons why 
> using the available designated spaces will not accommodate your needs, 
> your health care provider should address the reason(s) why designated 
> spaces will not meet your needs.
> 
> As an example, if someone was limited to walking no more than 50 yards 
> at a stretch, and there was but one designated accessible space that 
> was within 50 yards of the employee’s workplace, and that space is 
> routinely occupied, we would need either to create more accessible 
> spaces in the location, or provide a reserved parking space.
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