DDA Access Consultants & Universal Design Specialists
About Us
We’re passionate about accessibility and Universal Design and believe in the importance of creating welcoming, safe and enabling environments for everyone.
Our staff hold nationally-recognised qualifications and accreditations and have significant experience in delivering a comprehensive range of access consultancy services to clients Australia-wide.
Our expert guidance helps clients to:
Improve accessibility of the built environment for everyone.
Navigate & understand mandatory obligations of the disability access legislation, which is complex and everchanging.
Meet the intent of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and industry best-practice.
Mitigate risks associated with DDA complaint and litigation, safety hazards, and costly redesign and rectification works.
Achieve compliance with the National Construction Code / Building Code of Australia, the Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards, the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport, associated Australian Standards for access, and other state and local government requirements.
Attain certification for NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) and Livable Housing Australia (LHA) dwellings.
DIRECTOR
SOPHIA KITSON
BPharm, GradDip LArch, Cert IV Access Consulting
Realm Access director, Sophia Kitson, is an accredited access consultant, SDA and LHA assessor, and registered landscape architect with 18 years experience across the design and access consulting professions. With her background in design, Sophia understands how critical it is to provide project teams with prompt, thorough and practical advice tailored to each project’s specific requirements.
As an access consultant, Sophia has worked Australia-wide helping clients successfully deliver projects large and small, from complex public transport infrastructure projects, to high-density apartment developments, schools, and parks and playgrounds. During her career, she has gained significant experience in access auditing having been involved with numerous major access audits of hospitals, airports, university campuses and government buildings.
She has a long-standing interest in the link between our health and wellbeing and the quality of the built environment, and is an advocate for innovative design that supports independent access, use and understanding of the places we create by the broadest range of people possible.