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Education and Current Positions
Dr. Raymaker received their PhD in Systems Science from Portland State University (PSU) in 2015 and their BFA in painting from Maine College of Art in 1995. Dr. Raymaker has graduate certificates in Computational Intelligence and Computer Simulation and Modeling, both from PSU, 2007.
Dr. Raymaker is a Research Associate Professor at Portland State University’s Regional Research Institute for Human Services in the School of Social Work. They co-direct the community based participatory research collaborative the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE). Dr. Raymaker is the Associate Editor of the academic journal Autism in Adulthood, and a scientific reviewer for the Organization for Autism Research (OAR). They are a founding member of the International Society for Autism Research’s (INSAR) Autistic Researchers Committee, and a member of the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and International Society for the Systems Sciences.
Recent and Selected Work
Autism and Employment
Raymaker, D.M, Scharer, M., Maslak, J., Powers, L. E., McDonald, K. E., Kapp, S. K., Moura, I., Wallington, A. F., & Nicolaidis, C. (2022). “[I] don’t wanna just be like a cog in the machine:” Narratives of Autism and Skilled Employment. Autism. Published online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221080813
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Community-Based Participatory Research & Neurodiversity
Raymaker, D.M.(2019). Shifting the System: AASPIRE and the Loom of Science and Activism. In S. Kapp (Ed.). Autistic Activism and the Neurodiversity Movement (ch.10). Palgrave Macmillan. Open access chapter & full book
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
Raymaker, D.M, Scharer, M., Maslak, J., Powers, L. E., McDonald, K. E., Kapp, S. K., Moura, I., Wallington, A. F., & Nicolaidis, C. (2022). “[I] don’t wanna just be like a cog in the machine:” Narratives of Autism and Skilled Employment. Autism. Published online first. doi: 10.1177/13623613221080813
Nicolaidis, C., Zhen, K.Y., Raymaker, D.M., Lee, J., Kapp, S.K., Croen, L.A., Urbanowicz, A., Maslak, J., Scharer, M., and AASPIRE (2020). Psychometric testing of patient-reported instruments to assess healthcare interventions for autistic adults. Autism. Published online ahead of print. DOI 10.1177/1362361320967178
Nicolaidis, C., Schnider, G., Lee, J., Raymaker, D.M., Kapp, S.K., Croen, L., Urbanowicz, A., Maslak, J., and AASPIRE. (2020) Short Report: Development and psychometric testing of the AASPIRE Adult Autism Healthcare Provider Self-Efficacy Scale. Autism. Published online ahead of print. DOI 10.1177/1362361320949734
Raymaker, D.M., Teo, A.R., Steckler, N., Lentz, B., Scharer, M., Delos Santos, A., Kapp, S., Hunter, M., Joyce, A., Nicolaidis, C. (2020) “Having all of your internal resources exhausted beyond measure and being left with no clean-up crew:” Defining autistic burnout. Autism in Adulthood. 2(2):132-143. DOI 10.1089/aut.2019.0079
Raymaker, D.M., Sale T., Rija M., Buekea, N., Caruso, N., Melton, R., Cohrs, N., Gould, V., Wall, C., Scharer, M. (2020) EASA Connections: Community-based participatory research to develop a peer-based early psychosis web resource with young adults. Progress in Community Health Partnerships. 14(4):471-480.
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., McDonald, K.E., Lund, E., Leotti, S., Kapp, S., Katz, M., Beers, L.M., Kripke, C., Maslak, J., Hunter, M., Zhen, K. (2020) Creating accessible survey instruments for use with autistic adults and people with other intellectual and developmental disabilities: lessons learned and recommendations. Autism in Adulthood. 2(1):61-76. DOI 10.1089/aut.2019.0074
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., Kapp, S.K., Baggs, E., Ashkenazy, E., McDonald, K., Weiner, M., Maslak, J., Hunter, M. (2019) AASPIRE Practice-Based Guidelines for the Inclusion of Autistic Adults in Research as Co-Researchers and Study Participants. Autism. 23(8):2007-2019. DOI 10.1177/1362361319830523
Raymaker, D.M., Kapp, S.K., McDonald, K.E., Weiner, M., Ashkenazy, E., Nicolaidis, C. (2019). Development of the AASPIRE Web Accessibility Guidelines for autistic web users. Autism in Adulthood. 1(2):146-157. DOI 10.1089/aut.2018.0020
Hughes, R. B., Robinson-Whelen, S., Raymaker, D.M., Lund, E. M., Oschwald, M. M., Katz, M., Starr, A., Ashkenazy, E., Powers, L. E., & Nicolaidis, C., and the Partnering with People with Disabilities to Address Violence Consortium(2019). The relation of abuse to physical and psychological health in adults with developmental disabilities. Disability and Health Journal. 12(2):227-234. DOI 10.1016/j.dhjo.2018.09.007
Raymaker, D.M., McDonald, K., Ashkenazy, E., Gerrity, M., Baggs, A.M., Kripke, C., Hourston, S., Nicolaidis, C. (2017) Barriers to healthcare: Instrument development and comparison between autistic adults and adults with and without other disabilities. Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 21(8):972-984. DOI 10.1177/1362361316661261
Raymaker, D.M. (2017) Reflections of a community based participatory researcher from the intersection of disability advocacy, engineering, and the academy. Action Research. 15(3):258-75. DOI 10.1177/1476750316636669
Nicoladis, C., Raymaker, D.M., McDonald, K., Kapp, S., Weiner, M., Ashkenazy, E., Gerrity, M., Kripke, C., Platt, L., Baggs, A. (2016). The development and evaluation of an online healthcare toolkit for autistic adults and their providers. Journal of General Internal Medicine. (10):1180-1189. DOI 10.1007/s11606-016-3763-6
Raymaker, D.M. (2016). Intersections of critical systems thinking and community based participatory research. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 29(5):405-23. DOI 10.1007/s11213-016-9376-5
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., Ashkenazy, E. McDonald, K., Boisclair, W.C., Baggs, A.E.V., Kapp, S., Weiner, M., Dern, S. (2015). “Respect the way I need to communicate with you”: Healthcare experiences of adults on the autism spectrum. Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 19(7): 824–831.
Nicolaidis, C., Kripke, C.C., Raymaker, D.M. (2014). Primary care for adults on the autism spectrum. Medical Clinics of North America. 98;1169-1191.
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., Katz, M., Oshwald, M., Goe, R., Leotti, S., Grantham, L., Plourde, E., Salomon, J. Hughes, L., Powers, L. (2015). Participatory research to adapt measures of health and interpersonal violence for use by people with developmental disabilities. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 9(2);157-170.
Oschwald M.L., Leotti, S., Raymaker, D.M., Katz,M, Goe, R, Harviston, M, Wallington, A, Howard, L, Beers, L, Nicolaidis, C, Robinson-Whelen, S., Hughes, R.B., Powers, L.E.; and the Partnering with People with Disabilities to Address Violence Consortium. (2014). Development of an audio-computer assisted self-interview to investigate violence and health in the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Disability and Health Journal. 7(3);292-301.
Raymaker, D.M., McDonald, K. (2013). Paradigm shifts in disability and health: Towards more ethical public health research. American Journal of Public Health: December 2013, 103(12):2165-2173. Both authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., McDonald, K., Dern, S., Boisclair, W.C., Ashkenazy, E., Baggs, A. (2013) Comparison of healthcare experiences in autistic and non-autistic adults: A cross-sectional online survey facilitated by an academic-community partnership. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 28(6);761-769.
Nicolaidis, C., Wahab, S., Trimble, J., Mejia, A., Mitchell, S.R., Raymaker, D.M., Thomas, M.J., Timmons, V., Waters, A.S. (2013). The Interconnections Project: Development and evaluation of a community-based depression program for African-American violence survivors. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 28(4);530-538.
Wahab, S., Trimble, J., Mejia, A., Mitchell, S.R., Thomas, M.J., Timmons, V., Waters, A.S., Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C. (2012) Motivational Interviewing at the intersections of depression and intimate partner violence among African American women. Journal of Evidence Based Social Work. 11(3), 291-303.
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., McDonald, K., Dern, S., Ashkenazy, E., Boisclair, C., Robertson, S., Baggs, A. (2011) Collaboration strategies in non-traditional CBPR partnerships: lessons learned from an academic-community partnership with autistic self-advocates. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education and Action. 011:5(2);143-150
Book Chapters & Other Publications
Raymaker, D.M., Walker, N. (2021). Toward a neuroqueer future: An interview with Nick Walker. Autism in Adulthood. 3(1):5-10 https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2020.29014.njw
Raymaker, D.M. (2020). Shifting the System: AASPIRE and the Loom of Science and Activism. In S. Kapp (Ed.). Autistic Activism and the Neurodiversity Movement (ch.10) Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-981-13-8437-0
Raymaker, D.M. (2019). Reclaiming research for the autistic adult community. Autism in Adulthood. 1(3):160-161. DOI 10.1089/aut.2019.29005.dra
Nicholas, D., Raymaker, D.M., Hedley, D., Randolph, J.K., Robertson, S.M., Vincent, J. (2019). An expert discussion on employment in autism. Autism in Adulthood. 1(3):162-169. DOI 10.1089/aut.2019.290003.djn. All authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Nicholas, D., Raymaker, D.M., Hedley, D., Randolph, J.K., Robertson, S.M., Vincent, J. (2019). An expert discussion on employment in autism. Autism in Adulthood. 1(3):162-169. DOI 10.1089/aut.2019.290003.djn. All authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Sale, T., Raymaker, D.M., Rija, M., Gould, V., Wall, C., & Melton, R. (2018). Mitigating Early Loss of Community Participation in Early Psychosis Services: State of the Science. Portland, OR: Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, Portland State University.
McDonald, K, Raymaker, D.M., Gibbons, C . (2016). A call to consciousness: Community psychology and disability. In M. Bond, C. Keys, I. Serrano-Garcia (Eds.). American Psychological Association Handbook of Community Psychology (ch.20). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M. (2015). Community based participatory research with communities defined by race, ethnicity, and disability: Translating theory to practice. In Bradbury, Ed. The SAGE Handbook of Action Research (ch.16). SAGE.
Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C. (2013). Participatory research with autistic communities: Shifting the system. In Davidson, J., Orsini, M. (eds). Worlds of Autism: Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference (ch.7). University of Minnesota Press.
Selected Presentations 2013 – present
Raymaker, D.M. (2021) Skilled Employment: Lessons from Employees, Supervisors, and Support Experts(Invited paper presentation) OCALICON Online. November
Raymaker, D.M. Engaging with people with IDD in research. (2021) Invited panelist. Patient Centered Outcomes Institute Virtual Annual Meeting. November.
Raymaker, D.M. Autistic burnout and community voice. (2020) Invited guest lecture. UC Davis Neurodiversity Summit. November.
Raymaker, D.M. (2020). Understanding the perspective of the Autistic community in research. New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence.
Raymaker, D.M. (2020). “Having all of your internal resources exhausted beyond measure and being left with not clean-up crew:” Defining, measuring, and understanding autistic burnout. New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence.
Raymaker, D. Autistic burnout and community voice. Invited guest lecture. UC Davis Neurodiversity Summit, November, 2020
Raymaker, D. for the Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education, “Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of the International Society for Autism Research, Seattle USA, May 2020. (Conference cancelled)
Raymaker, D.M., Scharer, M., Widmer, A., Posadas, D.L., Miller, R., Crespo, C. (2019). After-EXITO: Community based participatory research to improve alumni transition from an intensive undergraduate research program. Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity Program Director’s Meeting, Rockville, MD. August.
Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C. (2019) “My physical body and mind started shutting down”: Autistic burnout and the costs of coping and passing. Invited talk for pre-meeting on mental health. International Society for Autism Research, Montreal. May.
Raymaker, D.M., Mitchell, A. (2018) Autism and Skilled Employment. Paper Presentation. TASH Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. December.
Raymaker, D.M. (June, 2018). Pregnancy, Disability, and Women’s Decisions: Including Women with Intellectual Disability and Autistic Women in Research and Discussion Around Pregnancy Decisions. Paper presentation. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, St. Louis.
Raymaker, D.M., Mitchell, A., McDonald, K., AASIRE team. (June, 2018). Intersectional Identities and Employment for Autistic Professionals. Paper presentation. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, St. Louis.
Nicolaidis, C., Raymaker, D.M., AASPIRE team. (May, 2018). Including Autistic Adults in Research to Develop and Evaluate Services Interventions: Lessons from Long-Standing Academic-Community Partnerships. Poster Presentation. International Society for Autism Research, Rotterdam.
Raymaker, D.M., Scharer, M., Nicolaidis, C., AASPIRE team. (May, 2018). Narratives of Autism and Skilled Employment: Barriers, Facilitators, and Considerations in Professional Settings. Poster Presentation. International Society for Autism Research, Rotterdam.
Raymaker, D.M., Sale, T., Valeria, M., Caruso, N., Gould, V. (March, 2018). Empowerment of Individuals Experiencing Early Psychosis through Community-Based Participatory Research and Technology: Lessons Learned from EASA Connections. Paper presentation. 31st Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health, Tampa.
Raymaker, D.M., Kripke, C. (March, 2018). The AASPIRE Healthcare Toolkit. Invited paper presentation. Developmental Disabilities: Update for Health Professionals, San Francisco.
Raymaker, D.M. (2017) Improving health outcomes for autistic people: AASPIRE’s work with the healthcare toolkit.Research Symposium. Autism-Europe 11th International Congress. Edinbourgh, UK.
Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C., Oschwald, M., Ashkenazy, E. (2016) Inclusive Research at Portland State University. Research Symposium. TASH Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C., Ashkenazy, E. (2016) AASPIRE Healthcare Toolkit. Paper presentation. TASH Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Raymaker, D.M., Nicolaidis, C., Ashkenazy, E., MacDonald, K.E. (2016) Inclusive Research Workshop. Wednesday workshop presentation. TASH Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Raymaker, D.M. (2014). Relationships and Holism. Invited speaker. Love and Autism Conference. San Diego, CA.
Raymaker, D.M. (2013). Leveraging the dynamics of science, policy, and community for systems change. Paper presentation. Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.