How Animals Can Help Disabled People 🦮🐈🐎

Many of us love our pets like a member of a family.  Imagine if your pet is trained to save your life? Or even just to keep you safe.  That is how important service animals are to people with disabilities.    You can ask Peta a question for a future episode of the podcast via: Instagram @petahooke The website: www.icantstandpodcast.com Email: [email protected] Episode Transcript Research and references that informed this episode:  How animals lend a helping paw to people with disabilities What is an Assistance Dog? What jobs can assistance dogs do? How Can Animals Help Those With Health Issues & Disabilities? Why animals are so important when working with people with disabilities Psychiatric Assistance Dog Use for People Living With Mental Health Disorders Recognizing the value of assistance dogs in society ‘More people talk to you when you have a dog’ – dogs as catalysts for social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities A survey of the impact of owning a service dog on quality of life for individuals with physical and hearing disability: a pilot study Invisible disabilities, visible Service Dogs: the discrimination of Service Dog handlers  The impact of service dogs on children, youth and their families: A systematic review 2021 If you have experienced discrimination with your service animal, there are links below to support you: Australian Human Rights Commissionwww.humanrights.gov.au/about/contact-us – (02) 9284 9600Attorney General’s Departmentwww.ag.gov.au/About/Pages/Contactus.aspx – (02) 6141 6666NEW SOUTH WALES – New South Wales Public Service Commissionwww.psc.nsw.gov.au/contact-us – (02) 9272 6000AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY – Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commissionwww.hrc.act.gov.au/contact-us – (02) 6205 2222QUEENSLAND – Anti-Discrimination Commission Queenslandhttps://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/contactus – 1300 130 670 (statewide)NORTHERN TERRITORY – Northern Territory Anti Discrimination Commissionhttps://adc.nt.gov.au/contacts.html – 1800 813 846TASMANIA – Equal Opportunity Tasmaniawww.equalopportunity.tas.gov.au/contact_us – 1300 305 062VICTORIA – Victorian Equal Opportunities & Human Rights Commissionwww.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/home/about-us/contact-us – 1300 292 153SOUTH AUSTRALIA – South Australian Equal Opportunity Commissionwww.eoc.sa.gov.au/contact – (08) 8207 1977WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Western Australia Equal Opportunities Commissionhttp://www.eoc.wa.gov.au/contact-us – (08) 9216 3900See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.