We can only include NDIS supports in your plan if they meet all the NDIS funding criteria.
To help us decide if an assistance animal meets the NDIS funding criteria, we need evidence.
Learn more about what information do we need to decide if we can fund an assistance animal?
The following questions are a good starting point to work out if we can fund an assistance animal:
- is it related to your disability support needs
- is it effective and beneficial for you?
- what is the role of families, carers, informal supports or community support?
- is it value for money?
We also need to think about:
- the welfare of the assistance animal
- if the assistance animal is likely to cause harm to you or be a risk to others
- if you already have an assistance animal
We need to think about whether the assistance animal duplicates other NDIS supports you get through the NDIS.
We also need to understand how it will work with your other supports. We use the Principles we follow to create your plan to help us to do this.
When we approve your plan, we approve it as a whole and not based on individual supports in isolation.