ABOUT YOUR NEEDS
Where Passion Meets Devotion
When I first entered the disability sector, I began to recognise significant gaps within the built environment that were impacting the wellbeing, independence, and inclusion of people living with disability. Through working closely with participants, families, clinicians, and support workers, I witnessed firsthand the challenges that many neurodivergent individuals experience in navigating everyday spaces.
These experiences inspired me to establish Mental Health Access Design (MHA), a platform dedicated to exploring the relationship between the built environment, neurodiversity, mental health, and inclusion.
Over time, I began documenting the barriers individuals encountered and developing design principles in response to real-world experiences and lived expertise. For every challenge identified, there was an opportunity to rethink how our environments could better support diverse sensory, cognitive, and behavioural needs.
MHA Design aims to encourage designers, planners, builders, and government to identify existing gaps within the design and disability sectors, while promoting evidence-based, human-centred, and neurodiversity-informed approaches to the built environment.
Our vision is to create a shared platform for knowledge, innovation, and advocacy that contributes to more inclusive, accessible, and supportive spaces for everyone.
- Tina Kordrostami