CYDA joins the Australian Autism Alliance and other organisations in calling for the protection of people with disability’s access to assistance animals.
Together, we strongly urge NDIS Minister Amanda Rishworth, the Federal government, and state counterparts to co-design a National Assistance Animal Framework alongside the disability community, especially people who have assistance animals.
This framework must implement principles that improve national pathways for accessing and accrediting assistance animals.
This statement has been endorsed by:
- Australian Autism Alliance (AAA)
- Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA)
- Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA)
- Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA)
- Down Syndrome Australia (DSA)
- First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN)
- Inclusion Australia (IA)
- Justice and Equity Centre
- National Mental Health Consumer Alliance
- People with Disability Australia (PWDA)
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)
- Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
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