How is SDA Housing Different From Other Forms of Housing?

Factors in a persons environment that, through there absence or presence, limit functioning and inhibit the day-to-day activities, disproportionately affect those with disabilities. Reducing these barriers is key to promoting a healthy and accessible lifestyle.

What is SDA?

Specialist Disability Accommodation is a range of housing designed to provide the most accessible environments possible for individuals with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs. Each SDA home comes with a variety of accessibility features based on the design type they have been built to. Each design type (Improved Liveability, Fully Accessible, High Physical Support & Robust) has minimum requirements to ensure that they meet the needs of a potential resident and provide the best accessibility features possible.

Accessible features commonly seen in an SDA home are:

·  Wide door frames and hallways

·  Height adjustable bench tops

·  Luminance contrasts between walls, skirting boards and door frames

·  Structural provisions for ceiling hoists

·  Assistive/smart technology

·  Emergency power backup

·  Damage proof walls and windows/glass

·  Shower rails

These features are interchangeable and can depend on the participants needs and house design. Once a tenant has moved in, SDA provides can accommodate for any unforeseen barriers and ensure that your ongoing needs can be met throughout your time in an SDA home.

 So What are the Benefits?

Specialist Disability Accommodation is designed to assist participants to live more independently in their own home and allow support to be delivered to a higher and more efficient standard. The benefits of Specialist Disability Accommodation range beyond helping you move around your home though. In fact, SDA housing can help a participant to:

·  Reduce the impact of a disability on daily life

·  Improve functional capacity (the things that can or cannot be done due to a disability)

·  Learn new skills and abilities over the medium to long term

·  Maintain informal supports such as family members and friends

·  Reduce the amount of support needed

·  Pursue goals and facilitate choice

Alleviating the physical and psychological barriers associated with inadequate housing has the potential to create benefits that can inherently promote a positive ripple effect throughout a person's life, allowing for freedom of choice, autonomy and self-determination and ultimately, leading to better health outcomes. Further, aligning with the Everhomes Mission, we believe that facilitating appropriate accommodation for our participants has the potential to lead to:

For More Information…

If you, or somebody you know, is eligible for SDA, we recommend that you get in contact with us so we can ensure you receive the best care and direction in creating a home of your own. Alternatively, if you are unsure that you may be eligible for SDA funding, you can contact us to arrange a one on one phone consultation with us. We can help you with your unique situation and the navigation of SDA - free of charge. Simply click the link below to book a time that works for you.