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Ph.D. Social Policy, Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, MA, 2016. Doctoral Dissertation Entitled: The Effect of Postsecondary Education on Employment and Income for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (Susan Parish (Chair) Stephen Fournier, Monika Mitra, Maria Paiewonsky)

M.A. Social Policy, Brandeis University, Heller School of Social Policy, Waltham, MA, 2015

M.P.A. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, 2011

Sannicandro passion for disability issue results from his lived experience as the father of an adult son with special needs under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. He has leveraged these circumstances into a career, advocating as an attorney on behalf of disability needs, in particular children. — And as a seated member of the Massachusetts, House of Representatives, endeavors to expand his contributions towards proactive avocation within the body. The implicit need for such representation is reflected by the two-thirds majority who entrusted this seat upon such a platform. In turn Sannicandro has implemented a website allowing his constituents fluid access and ability to influence the process.

J.D. Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, 1982

B.A. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1978

Dr. Tom Sannicandro (born March 22, 1956) is an American attorney, businessman, and researcher. He is currently serving as director of the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges. He was formerly the director of the Institute for Community Inclusion, UMass Boston. He also served as a State Representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Framingham and Ashland, and a leader on civil rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. where he served as the Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education. He sponsored a number of ground breaking initiatives including the Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Program, where students with intellectual or developmental disabilities attended Massachusetts public colleges and universities, and the Real Lives Bill, giving individuals served by the Department of Developmental Services control over their lives by controlling their budgets. For more than 15 years he has been a disability attorney, representing students and families to enforce their educational rights, as well as the other legal issues that arise for people with disabilities and their families. As an academic researcher he has published various articles exploring the effect of higher education for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and health care trends for children with special health care needs. As Chair of the Ashland School Committee in 2004, he beat Mary Connaughton for the seat. Sannicandro has been called "a strong advocate for education funding and a strong voice for people with disabilities."