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Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers of Boston, MA has named Jill Rocca and Keith Tomlinson to its Board of Directors as the organization undertakes a dynamic transformation from providing a service animal model — a capuchin monkey — to exploring specific technologies, including robotic and mixed reality to assist those living with mobility disabilities.

Jacqui Cooper speaks with Diane Nahabedian about how a charity focusing on providing service animals to those in need is transitioning to using Robotics & Artificial Intelligence to provide accessibility to those they serve.

A retirement home for ‘retiree’ monkeys. A Boston nonprofit group that once provided service monkeys to those in need now cares for the animals in their golden years

Made specifically for German television – a short video on Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers and our transition from monkey helpers to innovative technologies.

Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers Receives Two Major Grants For Immediate Release Allston, MA –Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers, a nonprofit that provides services for individuals living

From Monkeys to Robots: A Nonprofit Evolves – written by Diane Nahabedian for Massnonprofit News, June 1, 2022.

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.