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Australia’s leading institution for promoting the prevention and management of mental illness, disability, disease and human suffering using animal-assisted services.
• Transparency
• Health
• Equality
• Respect
• Animals
• Partnership
• Yielding Positive Outcomes
Animals Helping Humans
Animal Therapies Ltd (ATL) connects those in need with animal-assisted services that may prevent or help manage disability, illness and suffering. This includes people at risk of, or who are, experiencing mental illness, eye disease, hearing impairment, seizures, asthma, life threatening allergies, diabetes, fluctuating blood pressure, cerebral palsy, autism, post traumatic stress, episodic or serious medical crises, disability, acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury and other physical, neurological or psychological conditions.
If in crisis, in need of immediate support or concerned for your safety:
Call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
If you are currently experiencing any form of violence or abuse, or are concerned for your safety, call 000.
1 August 2025 – ATL will be holding an Online National Forum on How Animal-Assisted Services can Support Disability
The ATL Disability Forum will focus on how animal-assisted services can support the goals of those in our community who live with a disability and what the critical success factors are for services to be funded.
Each person’s experience of disability is unique and multi-dimensional. Functioning refers to a person’s physical, psychological, cognitive and social capacity to manage day-to-day activities they find meaningful and support independence. Disability supports aim to improve social and economic participation, reducing disability-related barriers.
The ATL Disability Forum brings together health practitioners, clinicians, researchers, those with a lived experience and the broader animal-assisted services sector to share case studies, learnings, best practice, evidence base, achievements and challenges to better serve the needs of those living with a disability.
The Animal Therapies Ltd conference was a most professional, engaging and collegiate experience. I learnt a great deal, and am delighted to be part of this most important and developing area of care for others.
Animal Therapies Ltd’s Podcast
Paws for Thought is a podcast about animals changing human lives for the better. Anecdotally we know about the therapeutic powers of animals but the science and research are now validating those beliefs. Animal-assisted services is a recognised field worldwide and through this podcast we hope to educate, entertain and raise awareness among listeners about the countless ways that animals are helping humans.
At Animal Therapies Ltd we would like to acknowledge those that have walked this land before us in all their forms.
We respect the traditional custodians and value their cultural heritage and spiritual connections across all the lands of Australia. These connections are evident in their ceremonies, the natural landmarks, sacred objects embedded in the landscapes, the animals, the waterways and the storytelling.
We sincerely acknowledge and give thanks to our Elders past and present and your Elders past and present for they are the knowledge holders and wise ones that have guided us to where we are today.
