Hello.

Hey there!

My name is Tom. I’m autistic and really a bit of a loner, I spend most of my time writing and coding. I like to keep fit, I do go out, it’s just people tend to spook me so I tend to be alone a lot. I have a deep love and special interest with aliens… Don’t we all!? Sadly my family don’t but I adopted a really cool dog called Elvis who I chat to about aliens instead. He’s really happy, turns out he’s big on extraterrestrial stuff too!

I like listening to music whenever I can. I own a great array of CDs and records. Same with books, I enjoy reading every now and then but half the books I buy I yet to even read! I’m good at buying stuff and then never using it.
Another kind of special interest for me is electrics. After school (27 now) I did train to become an electrician but during that time I had a bit of a mental health crisis and I haven’t gone back to it. I currently work as a programmer which I get to do at home, win-win for me. I’m still interested in electrics and in my spare time do up old electrical items like games consoles and old record players, Elvis helps of course…

I have two sisters, I’m the youngest, yep growing up with them was unimaginable pain, torture and tears. We live with our mum, who I am certain is also autistic but she’s undiagnosed.

Thanks for reading my introduction. Have a good day and keep being awesome. Alien

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  • Hi Tom.

    I'm Andrew. Welcome to the forum. I have autism as well.

    I see that you like music, I'm into quite a bit myself. I too own lots of CDs but I don't own any records. I've been listening to The Pigeon Detectives a lot lately, I already have albums 1-5! I'm getting their latest one soon.

    Bye for now.

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  • Hi Tom.

    I'm Andrew. Welcome to the forum. I have autism as well.

    I see that you like music, I'm into quite a bit myself. I too own lots of CDs but I don't own any records. I've been listening to The Pigeon Detectives a lot lately, I already have albums 1-5! I'm getting their latest one soon.

    Bye for now.

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  • Hello Andrew, thank you for the welcome.

    I only recently started buying records; I’ve been collecting CDs since I was a kid. I haven’t heard of The Pigeon Detectives, I will have to listen to some of their music. I like a lot of groups and singers: The Killers, Elvis Presley, Queen, The Beautiful South, Tom Petty and many others...

    Take care, Andrew!