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John Kramer

Research Associate

B.A. (Psychology & English), Lyon College
M.A. (Social Sciences), University of Chicago
Ph.D. (Disability Studies), University of Illinois at Chicago

John joined the ICI in 2008 and is currently working on various evaluation projects at the Institute for Community Inclusion. Some of the more recent projects he is working on include the Work Without Limits initiative and the Expanding Community-Based Employment Opportunities for People Served by the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services project. He is also interested more broadly in family and community networks, consumer empowerment and various other evaluation activities at ICI. 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 disabilities. John also has ongoing leadership position in the Sibling Leadership Network, a growing movement of brothers and sisters of people with disabilities and siblings with disabilities interested in policy, services, and research.

Select outside publications by John Kramer

Kramer, J. (in press) “Not My Brothers’ Keeper” in D. Meyer (Ed.) A Complicated Devotion: Essays by adult siblings of people with disabilities. Bethesda, Maryland: Woodbine House.

E. Garcia-Iriarte, J. C. K., J. M. Kramer, J. Hammel, (2009). 'Who Did What?': A Participatory Action Research Project to Increase Group Capacity for Advocacy. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22(1), 10-22.

Heller, T., & Kramer, J.(in press). Involvement of adult siblings of persons with developmental disabilities in future planning. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Kramer, J. (2008). Towards a more complete understanding of siblinghood: Breaking down the reasons for investigating sibling relationships of people with developmental disabilities. Unpublished manuscript. University of Illinois at Chicago.

DeBrine, E. J., Kramer, J., Guthrie, A., Caldwell, J., Factor, A., & Heller, T. (2006). The future is now: A future planning training curriculum for families and their adult relatives with developmental disabilities (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago.

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