European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Henrietta a Capuchin Monkey does simple tasks or quadriplegic sue Strong. Animals help the handicapped by Boris Weintraub National geographic Nerv.  sue Strong says. In Stanlly. Henry Strong s partner associate companion who shares my Apar Rnell Caps up and flicks an a Frohl switch Lfong is delighted. Good  she dolls Henry Short for Henrietta ant a tows her a Sig of Orange juice. Henry  she says a Tew moments later. Again Henry i cups up plucks a cassette irom a rack takes it to a cassette player and inserts it in the proper manner. Again. Siong praises her and gives he some juice to most people. Icse air simple tasks hardly cause for notice my Cut loss for Praise of Reward but to so Ronij who lives in a 12ih-Lloor Manhattan apart Mcnol Henry is lha  Between a measure of  and Tojal Reliance on others. Strong is a quadriplegic and Henry is a Liny curious Active and exceedingly wed trained Capuchin Monkey. Henry 13 one of eight such monkeys who have been placed As aides to quadriplegics in the eight years since or m j Willard then a postdoctoral student in behavioural psychology at toils new England medical Center in Boson began experimenting with the idea of Ira Irvng monkeys to do useful tasks Lor people who have lost the use a their arms and tags. It is not the Only attempt to train animals to Aid disabled human beings. Guide dogs Tor the Blind have been in use since the Early 19th Century but in recent years there have been a number of experiments 10 use dogs Tor something besides Pels Many have moved from the experimental to he operational stage. For example hearing dogs Are placed Wilh hearing impaired people to Alert hem to everything from a Knock at the door to a fire alarm. One of the biggest programs is canine companions for Independence in Santa Tosa Calif which trains dogs to serve As aides or Tofta physically disabled the deaf and the elderly. Its founder Bonita Bergin was working As a special education teacher 11 years ago when she was struck by the Possiel lilies of raining dogs to push switches open refrigerators and fetch prepared sandwiches push elevator buttons pull wheelchairs and perform a variety of other chores the Doga Are taught 89 commands and they can be combined to make More says Janet herring Sherman marketing director of the nonprofit organization. Now we have our own Breeding Stock of German shepherds Golden retrievers Labrador retrievers poodles and Border Collias depending on the kind of work they Are trained to do and we place about 60 dogs a year mostly in Northern  so tar As she knows however Willard now affiliated Wilh the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Page 16 the stars and stripes Bronx is the first to train monkeys to help the disabled i be met two people who had thought of the idea she says but the technology to make the whole thing practical has Only been around Farry  that technology include electric wheelchairs and Chin operated Lasera by Means of which quadriplegics can Tell their monkeys just which cassette Magazine or Book they want. But in also includes Liny backpacks Hal contain an electrical device operated by Remote control. When a Monkey misbehaves the quadriplegic can activate the device to sound an unpleasant tone and deliver a mild Shock. We Don t motivate by punishment because All the helping behaviour is  or. Willard emphasizes. But we teach them that it they go up on that stereo or hang around the Medicine Cabinet they re going to get that Lone and that Shock. It works it s like  the problem. Or. Willard says is that while it s not hard to train monkeys to do a Given task it s another Mailer to keep them from being actively destructive the rest of the time. Or As Strong says you could t live in Versailles Palace and have a Monkey. There s a certain degree of minor destruction Wilh a Monkey involved just because they have hands. Henry s written on the Wall a few times broken a Glass things like  the ability to tolerate such destruction is just one of a number of factors thit determine whether quadriplegics Are suitable Lor Lifa with Monkey aides. The candidates must be a reasonably stable health cannot Hava Small children have to be willing to give their human attendants a break for a Tew hours without fear thai something might go wrong. Willard estimates that Only 5 percent or 10 percent of the finding animal aides Here Are some organizations specializing in providing animal aides for the disabled helping Handi Simian aides for the disabled Capuchin Monkey aides for quadriplegics animal Institute Albert Lens Len College of Medicine 1300 Morris Park ave. Bronx . 10461. Canine companions Lor Independence service and signal dogs . Box 440, Santa Rosa Calif 85402. Hot owl hearing dog project signal dogs american humane association. Box 1266, denvercoto.80201. The Delta society service dogs 212 Wells ave South suite Crenton Wash. 98055. Monday september is 1986 nation s 90,000 quadriplegics qualify i be concluded Hal in would be a mistake to approach someone within the first two years alter their Acci Danl Willard says. At that stage they Are going through so Many incredible adjustments thai this would be considered just one More bad thing. After two years they re living a stable life and they know thai whether they re Happy or unhappy this is what their life is going to be like. They be made the adjustment now its is something that promises to make things a Little bit Bellair. " Strong for example had spent 1 1 years being cared Lor by human attendants before Henry came Inlo her life. A 1 971 Van Accident had left her without the use of her limbs. Today she has Only a slight Range of movement in her right Arm. With which she operates the controls on her wheelchair. When someone suggested a Monkey As an aide she laughed. Before Henry. 1 could be Lell alone for some periods of time but it was a hardship to say Iho least she says. I had to be stationed next to the Telephone and i could have a Book to read but we had to remember to do things like urn on the lights in Case someone was Oul longer than expected. It look a Toto planning. The Freedom Henry gives me is Hal we Don t require As much planning. As Long As someone can get me set up Wilh whatever equipment i need Henry can handle most of the variables. We be been alone together As Long As eight hours and we average six. Shell pick up anything i drop or that Falls of my lamp. Most of the things i do. I need a Mouth Slick to do them Wilh if i drop it and she s not Here thai would Cut off most of my activity. So the difference she makes is i can eat drink and to merry when i Teel like it i can change my mind do different things. It makes the idea of being Home alone much closer to a pleasant idea than a form of  Willard i nonprofit group. Helping hands Simian aides for the disabled now has its own Breeding Colony. Baby monkeys Are placed in Homes with volunteers who accustom them to living among humans. After 3ft years when their Teeth Are extracted to avoid the possibility of fstt0 i8 Are """"a11 Loei Stein College ?1""1 tretnl1 the flr8t "graduatesj.?9 pr�9ram of us be placed with a a feb a m the next few months. Kill enough Finandal slip re the "5 been lne so could eventually place in entertaining