http://www.monkeyhelpers.org/

Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities.

We raise and train these monkeys to act as live-in companions who, over the course of 20-30 years, will provide the gifts of independence, companionship, dignity and hope to the people they help.

Helping Hands also educates thousands of young people annually through the Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program (SCIPP). SCIPP teaches preventive measures for safety awareness, heightens sensitivity to the challenges of being disabled, and promotes understanding of the human-animal bond.

Through the generous support of donors and volunteers - just like you - our monkeys are placed at no cost with disabled people and their families.

What a wonderful thing this is cz. I would Love to have a Monkey, I mean right NOW. I have Epilepsy and I am wondering how the monkey would fare during a "Spell"??? Do they Sense that something is about to happen like some dogs have been reported to??

What kinds of monkeys??? Are there any pictures besides the ones on the link you just gave?? Do you yourself Personally work with the monkeys?? Are they potty trained or do you have to put diapers on them??? Do they ask for days off?? I just Love animals. I had a friend once who had a Kapoochin, Capuchan { Sp? }. Cute little thing he was too but he pooed everywhere. I can see that havbing a bath everyday is probably a good idea. I have no problem with having a hairy, little fella running around the house. Do they like to be brushed and fussed over?? They probably would eat much like I and my iguanas do, aye?? Lots of fruits and veggies?? I don't think I have ever heard of monkeys eating meat, only one species of monkey that I can recall anyway. They hunt and eat each other.

http://www.google.com/search?q=youtu...ient=firefox-a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo4g2aKscaQ

Just WONDERFUL cz. This song kept going through my head while watching:


OOPS, looks like the Midi isn't working. I will see if I can find another one. The Midi is what you get when you click where it says Click Here but you probably KNOW the song.

I posted about this in the MS Forum. It was a great story on the Today show. They work with disability groups such as the Semper Fi orgranization who are right now working with soldiers returning from Iran and Afghanistan. It's a very worthy cause.

Each monkey costs $35,000 to train and place and it doesn't cost the recipient one dime! It was truly a fascinating story!

I'd Love to be a helper to a disabled monkey. I just Love them SO much. Seriously. I have been seriously considering getting a monkey in the near future.

clouds...you know when you see a monkey, you think of me.

Hahahahahaha! Me too. I SEE you!!!

yes

it seems there is a real life curious George in these monkees
what i saw on tv

the monkees put food in the microwave

adjust a straw to drink with and all sorts of stuff

what a wonderful idea!

I bet the added bonus of an animal friendship helps also.

I do love those monkeys!