Oak Hill Serves People with Many Different Disabilities

Over 100 years, Oak Hill has been a vital resource to children and adults with physical disabilities in Connecticut.

Our History

Our services include in-home and community-based housing, birth to three and day services; community-based education and employment; assistive technology; healthy relationships; arts and recreation.

Low vision and blind-

The Eleanor A. Brooks Blindness Related Supports Center at Oak Hill provides independent living opportunities and community supports; vocational center designed to help adults find employment, assistance with job readiness, interview skills and identifying transportation needs; instruction on magnification devices, demonstrations of adaptive equipment and software; computer classes; work-site assessments and assistive technology recommendations to live and work more independently.

For more information on housing and community supports, call Marcia Watson, director at (860) 242-2274 or email: watsonm@ciboakhill.org

For more information on employment, computer classes, adaptive equipment and software; work-site assessments and assistive technology, call Steve Famiglietti at (860) 243-3100 or email: famigliettis@ciboakhill.org

All Other Physical Disabilities (temporary or permanent)-

The NEAT Center at Oak Hill is a fully accessible facility featuring a wide variety of durable medical equipment (new and restored) to try; an assistive technology resource and education center; brings people with temporary or permanent disabilities, their families and the professionals who work with them together with the equipment and services they need to increase independence and improve quality of life.

Locations in Hartford and Stratford  

For more information, please call Bruce Stovall, director at (860) 243-2869 or email: stovallb@ciboakhill.org

Infants and Very Young Children (three years and under) -

The Birth to Three Center at Oak Hill  is a recognized private provider by the Connecticut Birth to Three System which provides support to families of children ages three and under with disabilities or delays in developmental milestones (examples: sitting, walking or talking) with no specific cause or due to Down syndrome, Spina Bifida, extremely low birth weight, or hearing loss.  This program is designed to help each family help themselves. To learn about approved programs serving your town, call the State’s Info Line at 211 or (800) 505-7000, or visit: www.birth23.org; you are also free to choose the program that is right for you, based upon the program’s availability to meet your child’s current needs.

To learn more call Aggie Pont, director, Oak Hill Birth to Three Program at (860) 243-2869 or email: ponta@ciboakhill.org  

Lives Have Changed Because of Oak Hill

Jim, a 45-year-old tree cutter, fell 40 feet while on the job, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and frustrated with his lack of independence. He came to the NEAT Center at Oak Hill to find out if he could use a computer and search for a job. Staff demonstrated a head tracker, a device that emits a beam of invisible infrared light. By moving his head while looking at the computer screen, the beam effectively acts as a computer mouse. After a short demonstration in its use, Jim was able to navigate the internet and stated to staff,

“This is the first thing I’ve done independently since the accident.”

"I suffer from MS and am unable to lift myself.  I went to the NEAT Center at Oak Hill and learned about universal lift systems.  Thank you for all your help.  This new lift should give me a much better, fuller, self-sufficient life.  Your kindness will be remembered."

- Judy Koluzenko