The recent NDIS Review recommended that the NDIA should remove the Improved Liveability (“IL”) category for new Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) developments and review the remaining SDA categories and associated Design Standards to evaluate their effectiveness.

SDA Services, along with more than 60 of our colleagues in the SDA sector, have united to prepare and send a submission led by our Principal Consultant and Founder, Greg Barry and James Brown (​​SDA Plus), suggesting that this recommendation not be accepted by Minister Shorten.

Recently, our marketing team sat down with 27-year-old Jack Gillespie, one of our Participant Interviewers who is a perfect example of how our organisation strives to be different.

Jack started out as a participant utilising our services and has since been employed by SDA Services, where his role in the team is to interview clients seeking SDA and to reflect on their circumstances, preferences, needs, and aspirations in a clear and detailed manner for our SDA reports.

Everyone loves a good news story and this one is one the team at SDA Services are privileged to be able to share.

Our Founder and Principal Consultant Greg Barry has recently addressed the issue of the Appendix H process in a submission, which we are pleased to share this with the sector.

There is a recognised need for consistency within administrative decision making withing the SDA industry in order to accurately represent the needs and circumstances of participants.

Read the article from our Founder and Principal Consultant, Greg Barry to learn more.

Since 4th quarter 2020, we’ve seen a high percentage of NDIA SDA decisions which state that the support does not represent Value for Money (“VFM”). Participants are often faced with a refusal of their desired SDA building type or design and in some cases, they are declined SDA altogether...read Greg Barry’s full article…..