Farah Madon

Farah Madon

BARCH, RAIA, ACAA, SDA, LHA

Director

Vista Access Architects

Architect,

ACAA Accredited Access Consultant,

Livable Housing Assessor,

Changing Places Assessor and

NDIS Accredited SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Assessor

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Professional Affiliations:

Accredited member of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA). Membership no 281
NDIS Accredited SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Assessor Registration number SDA00001
Architect, registered with the NSW Architect's Registration Board. Registration number 6940
Member of Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), A+ Practice member. Membership no 49397
Registered Assessor of Livable Housing Australia. Licence no 10032
Internationally Certified Access Consultant GAATES ICAC. Membership no BE-02-021-20
Registered Assessor of Changing Places Australia. Registration no CP006

Farah’s Educational Profile and Qualifications include:

Bachelor of Architecture Degree with Honours (B.Arch.)
International Certification of Accessibility Consultants– Built Environment (ICAC-BE) Program, Level 2 Advanced Accessibility Consultant
Diploma of Access Consulting CPP50711
Accredited Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Assessor's Course
Standards Australia's course on 'Writing Australian Standards'
Changing Places Australia's Training for Assessors
OHS Construction Induction Training Certificate

Farah currently participates on the following key committees concerning access for people with disabilities, on an honorary basis:

President of ACAA (Association of Consultants in Access Australia)
NDIS SDA Reference Group member
Member of Standards Australia Committee ME-064 (ACAA representative) which is responsible for the AS1428 suite of Australian Standards for Access for people with disabilities and AS4299 Adapable Housing.
Member of the Penrith City Council's Access Committee (Community Representative)
Member of Australian Institute of Architect’s (RAIA) National Enabling Architecture Committee
Member of the NSW Government's- Everyone can Play Advisory Group (design of playgrounds for children with disabilities)
Changing Places Australia's Technical Advisory Team member (design of adult change rooms for people with significant disabilities)
Editor of Access Insight Magazine
Member of ABCB's (Australian Building Codes Board's) Livable Housing Implementation Advisory Committee

Farah has also participated previously on the following key committees concerning access for people with disabilities, on an honorary basis:

Management Committee member of Penrith Disabilities Resource Center and Penrith Disabilities Action forum for nearly a decade till 2019
Convener of the ACAA’s Disability Access related Practice and Advisory Notes
Director of Livable Housing Australia

Publications:

Farah has provided input into the following publications:

Lead Author of the NDIS SDA (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Design Standard.
Input into the Australian Human Rights Commission's Advisory Note on the use of Mobility Scooters in Registered Clubs and other public spaces
Technical input / technical diagrams into book, "Managing the Paralypics" by Palgrave Macmillan Publishers Ltd in Chapter of "Accessibility as a key management component of the Paralympics" by Professor Simon Darcy
Input into Livable Housing Australia’s Guidelines document as a part of the LHA Industry Reference Group member
Regular contributor of articles to Access Insight Magazine which is a publication of the Association of Consultants in Access Australia
Input into NSW Government's- Inclusive design of playgrounds called Everyone Can Play.
Input into the Australian Standards AS1428.1-2021

Research Projects:

Farah has provided input into the following publications:

2021- on going- Pro-bono Research project with UTS (University of Technology Syndey) on Accessible Bathrooms . Preliminary findings of reseach have been released.
2014- Research into Accessible facilities- Accessible toilets- for the NSW Department of Family and Community Services. The research project formed a part of the National Disability Strategy NSW Implementation Plan 2012 – 2014 (NSW plan)- Inclusive and Accessible Communities.

Farah Madon with MP Stuart Robert at the NDIS SDA Design Standard Launch [Image description: Photo of (from left) Hon Stuart Robert MP, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Farah Madon]