PDFWAC 388-891A-0745

What are personal assistance services?

(1) Personal assistance services include a range of services provided by at least one person to help you perform daily living activities on or off the job that you would perform without assistance if you did not have a disability. Examples include, but are not limited to:
(a) Reader services for individuals who cannot read print because of blindness or other disability. Reader services include both reading aloud and the transcription of printed information into Braille or sound recordings. Reader services are for people who are blind and individuals unable to read because of serious neurological disorders, specific learning disabilities, or other physical or mental impairments.
(b) Personal attendant services are personal services that an attendant performs for an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, bathing, feeding, dressing, and providing mobility and transportation.
(2) DVR only provides personal assistance services in connection with one or more other VR services.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.29.020(8) and 34 C.F.R., Parts 361, 363, 397. WSR 18-12-035, § 388-891A-0745, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/30/18.]