After reading the web site for Helping Hands, I knew I would benefit greatly from two extra hands and I thought “if it’s meant to be, they’ll select me as a recipient.”
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.
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.
