Giftedness and Creativity in Adults: Connection, Differences, and Myths
Giftedness and creativity are often treated as if they naturally belong together. Gifted adults are described as original thinkers, idea generators, innovators, or people who…
Author: Johan Lammers, MSc
I founded sensoryoverload.info after being diagnosed with AuDHD in my early forties. Through this platform, I share what I continue to learn, in the hope that it helps neurodivergent adults feel less alone, better understand themselves, and find approaches that fit their lives. I draw on my MSc in Psychology, years of hyperfocused neurodiversity research, and my own ongoing experience of living with AuDHD.
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Strengths of Gifted Adults: Ability, Context, and the Right Fit
Giftedness can bring substantial strengths in adulthood, particularly in learning, reasoning, understanding complexity, recognizing patterns, and solving unfamiliar problems. But a strength is not simply…
Is Giftedness Neurodivergence? What the Term Means and Why It Is Debated
Is giftedness a form of neurodivergence? There is no universally accepted answer. Giftedness involves unusually high cognitive ability and therefore represents a statistically unusual cognitive…
Late-Identified Gifted Adults: Recognition After Childhood
Discovering giftedness in adulthood can reorganize how someone understands decades of experience. Rapid learning, persistent underchallenge, unusual educational patterns, career changes, or a sense of…
Giftedness Assessment in Adults: IQ Testing, WAIS, and Identification
A giftedness assessment for adults is primarily an evaluation of cognitive ability. It can show whether someone performs within an exceptionally high range on standardized…
Giftedness vs High IQ: What Is the Difference?
Giftedness and high IQ are closely related, but they are not exactly the same concept. An IQ score is a standardized estimate of how someone…
Signs of Giftedness in Adults: Traits, Characteristics, and Recognition
Giftedness can be surprisingly difficult to recognize in adulthood. By the time someone begins wondering whether they may be gifted, their cognitive abilities have often…
What Is Giftedness in Adults? Ability, Experience, and Context
Giftedness in adults is most fundamentally about unusually high cognitive ability: the capacity to learn, reason, recognize patterns, work with abstraction, and understand complexity at…
Ableism at Work for Neurodivergent Adults: How Workplace Systems Create Barriers
A neurodivergent employee may be capable of doing the actual job and still struggle with the conditions surrounding it. They may be rejected during an…
Ableism in Education: Barriers for Neurodivergent Students
A student can understand the subject and still struggle to sit still, start the assignment, tolerate the classroom or explain what support they need. The…