Center for Disability Rights, West Haven, Connecticut

Center for Disability Rights

REMOVAL OF BARRIERS, INCLUSION OF PEOPLE
764-A Campbell Ave., West Haven, CT 06516
Voice : (203) 934-7077; Fax : (203) 934-7078

Butterfly Equipment

butterfly_logo Butterfly Equipment
771 Campbell Ave.
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: (203) 934-7077 or 934-7079

DEAR FRIENDS,

We at Butterfly Equipment know how frustrating it can be to not be able to go where you want when you want, or do what you want when you want to do it.

We are people with disabilities too, and we care about your life.

The good news is that disability need not be limiting. With the right equipment or home modifications, you can enjoy your life.

OUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Butterfly offers two services: A free equipment loan program (ELP) and
an Equipment Thrift Shop that carries a variety of new and pre-owned equipment.

Butterfly's ELP lends out various equipment for a 30-day period that can be renewed for another 30 days. There is no charge for the equipment; but a security deposit is required.

Butterfly's Thrift Shop has a variety of used equipment available at great prices. Some of our used products include manual wheelchairs, shower benches, walkers, Hoyer lifts and reachers. These pre-owned products have been recycled by Butterfly and they are an exceptional value.

To view some of the equipment available through Butterfly, please click here.

OUR MISSION

Butterfly Equipment is a for-profit fundraising venture of the Center for Disability Rights (CDR). Butterfly Equipment is supported by donations from CDR’s membership. All profits of Butterfly Equipment go to support the CDR’s mission to promote options that empower people with disabilities to achieve their full potential and live independently, fully participate in their community, and exercise their rights as citizens. CDR is a consumer-controlled, community-based membership organization of persons with disabilities that operates a Center for Independent Living.

2009 Scholarship Winners

Eleven local students received scholarship awards at the Center for Disability Rights’ 2009 Annual Meeting Thursday, July 30, at Savin Rock Conference Center.
To view all the photos from the meeting click here.

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Click here for photos from the 2009 Wheel-A-Thon.
The Annual CDR Wheel-A-Thon helps make a huge difference in the community. Last year's Wheel-A-Thon proceeds helped support scholarships for 11 local college-bound youth with disabilities; and CDR’s youth transition services.
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Connecticut's first Aging and Disability Resource Center opens.

ADRC Ribbon Cutting
Community Choices Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - DSS Aging Services' Pam Giannini, Center for Disability Rights Executive Director Marc Anthony Gallucci, and Agency on Aging of South Central CT's Neysa Stallman-Guerino cut the ribbon for the opening of Connecticut’s first Aging and Disability Resource Center. Read the New Haven Register story here. Download the Community Choices brochure here.