The ARC began work in empathy studying 'theory of mind' (ToM) deficits in autism, and has since developed a series of tests and teaching methods to aid the development of empathy.

This study aims to understand how autistic people perceive, learn, and process information differently, in particular in a world of more or less predictable changes.

This study looks at whether autistic people have strengths in systemising - analysing or constructing systems like machines, number sequences and so on.