What living with a monkey taught me about motherhood – written by Lisa Brown for Boston Globe Magazine, May 6, 2022.
Executive Director Diane Nahabedian is interviewed by Derailed Magazine in their August 2021 issue.
After over 40 years of training and placing capuchin monkeys to help adults with severe mobility impairments live more independent and engaged lives, we are ceasing future training and placement services.
Helping Hands recipient Kent, and his service monkey, Farah, are in a full-length online article in Parade Magazine!
The monkeys of Helping Hands, in Boston spend much of their lives working with people with paraplegia and quadriplegia who need the daily assistance of a full-time aide.
Helping Hands on WCVB. Channel 5 aired a segment as part of “Your Health” on Thursday, September 6.
Helping Hands recipient Travis and his service monkey, Siggy were featured on Animal Planet’s Canadian documentary series Collar of Duty.
Helping Hands, a non-profit organization that helps adults with MS and other mobility impairments live independent lives, provides them with a very special service animal.
Neurology Now — Monkey Business: Need help with daily living? A trained capuchin monkey might be the solution.
At Helping Hands, capuchin monkeys are trained to help people with disabilities regain their independence and confidence.
On the surface, almost everything about the friendship between Scott and Melanie is what you would expect between two 30-somethings who have shared a house for a little over a year.
Helping Hands has placed 159 monkeys with recipients since 1979; some monkeys have been in the same homes for 20 years.
