Assistance Animals – the NDIA have released a position paper!

Here's their summary principles. "As a result the Agency will apply the following principles to support reasonable and necessary decisions for supports for AAs: a) The effectiveness of suitably trained dogs as guide dogs (vision) or hearing dogs, is accepted for consideration as reasonable and necessary support for participants; b) The effectiveness of other AAs is currently not established at a cohort or disability specific level and would need to be considered based on the lived experience, goals, identified benefits…