Farah is a passionate advocate for inclusion especially for people with disabilities. Farah is the lead author of the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Design Standard.
Farah contributes on a number of Boards and Management Committees in relation to accessibility for people with disabilities including being a member of the Australian Standards ME-064 Committee which is responsible for developing the Australian Standards related to Access for people with disabilities, Community Representative member of Penrith City Council's Access Committee, Director of LHA (Livable Housing Australia), member of RAIA's (Australian Institute of Architect's) National Access Work Group, Management Committee member of NSW Network of Access Consultants and member of NDIS SDA Reference Group.
Farah contributes on a number of Boards and Management Committees in relation to accessibility for people with disabilities including being a member of the Australian Standards ME-064 Committee which is responsible for developing the Australian Standards related to Access for people with disabilities, Community Representative member of Penrith City Council's Access Committee, Director of LHA (Livable Housing Australia), member of RAIA's (Australian Institute of Architect's) National Access Work Group, Management Committee member of NSW Network of Access Consultants and member of NDIS SDA Reference Group.
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Vista Access Architects have been the Access Consultants for numerous projects for SEPP SPWD. Some of our SEPP SPWD projects include, ARV Ponds Retirement Village, ARV Caddens Retirement Village for Anglican Retirement Villages, Parkes Retirement Village for Southern Cross Care, Richmond Retirement Village for Richmond RSL Life Care, Adventist Aged Care's site in Kings Langley. to name a few.
There is no "SDA Certification" process in place for the current guidelines, but Vista Access Architects can prepare a "Statement of Consistency" report based on the provided requirements of the Table 3 of the SDA Price Guide. Note at that this point of time a dwelling cannot be enrolled under multiple design categories.
Suitable for building elements such as doorways, stair nosings, toilet seats and integrated TGSIs i.e. min 30% contrast. 125(Y2-Y1) / (Y1+Y2+25) where Y2 is the LRV of the lighter area and Y1 is the LRV of the darker area. The recommendations vary from 30% to 60% based on the element. Please refer to AS/NZ1428 suite of Australian Standards for details.
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