Fully Accessible SDA Homes

Fully Accessible SDA homes are designed for individuals with significant physical disabilities who use mobility aids, such as wheelchairs or walkers. Housing that has been designed to incorporate a high level of physical access provision for people with significant physical impairment.

These accommodations include extensive mobility features to ensure full and independent access throughout the home, such as:

• Step-free entryways and wide doorways
• Accessible bathrooms with grab rails and roll-in showers
• Lowered benches and appliances in kitchens and laundry areas
• Seamless internal and external navigation
• Step-free access to and throughout the entire home
• Wide doorways and hallways to accommodate wheelchairs and mobility aids
• Roll-in showers, accessible toilets, and grab rails in all bathrooms
• Kitchens with accessible benchtops, cooktops, and under-bench access
• Lever handles, easy-to-reach power points, and light switches
• Continuous, slip-resistant flooring without abrupt level changes
• Spacious circulation zones in all living areas, bedrooms, and bathrooms
• Ideal for people with significant physical disabilities who require full mobility access

Fully Accessible homes aim to empower residents by enabling greater mobility, autonomy, and dignity in daily life.

General Requirements

Target Group: People with significant physical impairments requiring full access throughout the home.

Design Focus

• Unobstructed movement and usability for residents who use wheelchairs, mobility aids, or require personal assistance.

Key Requirements

• Step-free access throughout the home (including entries and exits).
• Minimum circulation space for mobility devices in all rooms (e.g., 1.2m turning circles).
• Wide doorways and corridors to accommodate wheelchairs.
• Accessible kitchen and bathroom design: Lowered benchtops, roll-under sinks, lever taps, accessible ovens and cooktops.
• Grab rails and reinforced bathroom walls: To support personal care tasks.
• No thresholds or abrupt level changes inside the home.