John Kramer

John joined the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) in 2008. He is currently the project lead for the Individuals and Families and Knowledge Translation strand of the RRTC on Advancing Employment project. He is currently the Knowledge Translation manager for ThinkWork. He manages and organizes the dissemination efforts of ThinkWork projects that target audiences including government agency personnel, community rehabilitation providers and other disability organizations, families, researchers and individuals with disabilities.  He is currently working on the state systems research and evaluation team. John's work at the ICI has included the Employment First Florida project and the State Employment Leadership Network. From 2011-2012, he was awarded a Switzer research fellowship from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Funded by this fellowship, he examined the roles that siblings play in supporting employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. John earned his PhD in disability studies while working in the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His dissertation was on the mutual support roles between siblings and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. John co-founded the Sibling Leadership Network. This network connects brothers and sisters of people with intellectual disabilities, siblings with intellectual disabilities, and professionals interested in policy, services, and research related to siblings and disability. John also co-founded the Massachusetts Sibling Support Network (MSSN) and Supporting Illinois Brothers and Sisters, both statewide advocacy groups. He represents the MSSN in the workgroup "MA21-Implementing a 21st-Century Disability Policy." John also served on the Department of Developmental Services Citizen Advisory Board for Central Middlesex County in Massachusetts.
Phone: 617-287-4369


Phone: 617-287-4369

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