Gary Finkle had his spinal
cord(脊髓)severely injured in a swimming-pool accident seven years ago. A
heavy-set, bearded man of 27, he is one of thousands of Americans who have lost
virtually all feeling and movement from their shoulders down. He lives with his
wife, Micky, and a female monkey named Jo outside the village of Andes,
N.Y. Gary is a participant in a remarkable enterprise called Helping Hands: Simian Aides for the Disabled. The nonprofit organization supplies the disabled with trained monkeys that reduce the disabled person’s dependency on family, friends and hired attendants. Using his mouth, Gary controls a small laser pointer mounted on his wheelchair. With it, he directs Jo to change books or magazines in his reading stand or to get him tapes for the cassette player. She brings h 我来回答: 提交
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