[6] Cook advised the President's Council on Disabilities and President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition at the White House in 2015, and, as an Advisor to the Sesame Workshop, has a voice in the development of Julia, the first autistic character on Sesame Street[7] and their "See the Amazing in Every Child" initiative.

She is a featured contributor in Tony Attwood's Top Aspie Mentors: Been There, Done That and Autism & Learning Differences,[8] and wrote the forewords to Dragonfly: A Daughter's Emergence from Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents and Easy to Love, Hard to Live With.

[9] Cook sits on the Autism Society of America's Council of Autistic Advisors, is a columnist/expert panelist for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls,[10][11] Autism Asperger's Digest,[12] Zoom Autism magazine,[13] AuKids magazine,[14] Special magazine and the Journal for the North American Montessori Teachers' Association NAMTA, and is a commentator on NPR's WHYY[5] and WFAE,[1] as well as Fox's WTXF-TV[15] and NBC's Charlotte Today.

[17] She was hired as a counselor in the Domestic Violence Unit of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In this capacity, she trained officers, led student-focused presentations in colleges and high schools, and served as a victim advocate.