The need for AS4299: Adaptable Housing
About the Speaker
Farah Madon
Director, Vista Access Architects
Farah Madon is the current President of the ACA, an ACA Fellow and an ACA Accredited Access Consultant. She 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 to a number of Boards and Management Committees in relation to accessibility for people with disabilities including:
- President of ACA (Access Consultants Association,
- 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,
- Member of RAIA’s (Australian Institute of Architects) National Enabling Architecture Committee,
- Member of NDIS SDA Reference Group
In 2019 Farah was awarded as the ‘Penrith Citizen of the Year’ and the ACA’s ‘Access Inclusion Award’. In 2021 she was awarded the ‘Australian Access Award’ by the Centre of Accessibility Australia for the SDA-Tools Educational App of the Year and awarded by Women with Altitude for ‘Excellence in Inclusion’.
Hamish Murray
ACA - Accredited Access Consultant
Hamish started work as a carpenter and joiner in 1980, proceeded to gain a Building Foreman Clerk of Works, unrestricted Builders Contractor Licence and was a Site Supervisor for jobs up to $20 Million. Since returning to the workforce after a workplace injury in 2002, he worked at Royal Rehab and Assistive Technology Australia. He currently works as the Universal Access Officer at the City of Parramatta. His experience, together with his building knowledge, has given him a broad understanding of the way people connect with the built environment.