As an Accredited SDA Assessor, Annie and conducts assessments of Design and/or Final-as-built dwellings against the SDA Design Standard.

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What is Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)?

Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) is a support that may be funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for some Participants who have an extreme functional impairment or very high support needs.

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SDA refers to accommodation for people who require specialist housing solutions, including to assist with the delivery of supports that cater to extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. SDA does not refer to the support services, but the homes in which these are delivered. SDA may, for example, have specialist designs for people with very high needs or a location or features that make it feasible to provide complex or costly supports for independent living

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What is the SDA Design Standard?

The SDA Design Standard sets out the detailed design requirements that shall be incorporated into new built SDA seeking enrolment with the NDIA. The SDA Design Standard is based on the four SDA Design Categories which are set out in the SDA Rules 2016 namely:

• Improved Liveability;

• Robust;

• Fully Accessible;

• High Physical Support.

For more information about SDA , visit Livable Housing Australia. 

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