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.
The New York Times – Big Love for Little Helpers. Helping Hands is a nonprofit that trains and places capuchin monkeys to assist people with limited physical mobility.
The most intelligent of the small monkeys, capuchins are extremely dexterous and can use their humanlike hands to manipulate objects. Like much bigger chimps, they have very strong arms.
Kasey, the 27-year-old specially trained primate is one of Helping Hands’ 164 helper monkeys, placed with people who have spinal cord injuries or other mobility impairments.
