The ACT assistance animal framework introduces a system for assistance animal trainers and assessors to be registered under the Domestic Animals Act 2000 (the Act).

The following trainers and assessors are approved to conduct the ACT Public Access Test. This list will be updated as more trainers and assessors are registered.

You can search PPG Australia directory for force-free animal trainers who may be able to assess the temperament and suitability of your animal for working in the animal-assisted services sector.

A summary of animal-assisted services research studies produced by Monash University on behalf of ATL as a student project.

Please complete this expression of interest for your employees to attend an education program with the aim of reducing discrimination faced by assistance animal handlers’ when trying to access public places.

This is a compilation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 14 October 2024 (the compilation date).

The following dog training services are approved under the Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Act 2009.

Find out about guide, hearing and assistance dogs, including choosing the right one, certification and the public access test, getting a handler identity card, travelling with your dog, and having access to public places.

HABRI is committed to supporting scientific research to substantiate what many of us know to be true, that humans and pets share a special, mutually-beneficial connection.

Assistance animals and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth). Complaints can be brought to the Human Rights Commission if an assistance animal handler has been discriminated against.

The Section on Human Animal Interaction: Research & Practice, of Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association is dedicated to professional and scholarly activities that advance the understanding of human-animal interactions as they relate to psychology.

Before funding an assistance animal, the NDIA will consider whether an assistance animal is a reasonable and necessary support that will meet your needs and help you pursue your goals.To consider if an assistance animal is a reasonable and necessary support, the NDIA requires evidence in writing.

You can apply for an assistance animal pass if you need your animal to help manage your disability while you use public transport. This pass helps you travel with an assistance animal. You can use assistance animal passes from other states on Victorian public transport.

The Alliance’s research agenda seeks to empirically demonstrate that live human-animal interaction has unique therapeutic effects for the general public, as well as for those populations with clinical dysfunction. Investigations will contribute to evidence-based practice in the field of animal-assisted interventions.