Professur für Inklusionspädagogik bei kognitiven und emotionalen Entwicklungsbeeinträchtigungen
- Interventionen der Unterstützten Kommunikation bei Menschen mit Autismus und/oder geistiger Behinderung
- Methodologie der kontrollierten Einzelfallforschung und ihrer Metaanalyse
- Evidenzbasierte Praxis in der Inklusionspädagogik
- Entwicklung mobiler Softwarelösungen für die Kommunikations- und Sprachförderung bei Autismus und/oder geistiger Behinderung
- Co-Chair der Disability Coordinating Group, Campbell Collaboration
- Guest Editor der Fachzeitschrift Evidence-based Communication Assessment and Intervention
- Associate Editor der Fachzeitschrift Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Gutachter im wissenschaftlichen Beirat der Organization for Autism Research
- Sprecher des wissenschaftlichen Beirats im Center for Families an der Purdue University
- Gastdozent am Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)
- International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)
- International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
- Potsdamer Zentrum für empirische Inklusionsforschung (ZEIF)
- Family Tree Award,Purdue University Center for Families, West Lafayette, IN, 2021
- Distinguished Service Award,Organization for Autism Research, Washington, DC, 2020
- Autism Hero Award – First Place, Entrepreneurial Category, Anna Kennedy Online Charity, London, UK, 2018
- Inaugural GAIN 18 Award, First Place for Best Start-up Idea, German Academic International Network, Boston, MA, 2018
- Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize and Overall Winner ($40.000), Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
- ChanceLight Behavioral Health and Education Prize ($20.000), Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
- Edison Innovation Award - Gold, Language Learning Products, Edison Universe Organization, New York City, NY, 2017
- Outstanding Research of the Year Award, Autism Society of America, Denver, CO, 2015
