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…
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.
I’d love to connect with others in the neurodivergent community on LinkedIn and/or X.
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…
Ableism in Healthcare for Neurodivergent Adults
You finally make the appointment, organise what you need to say and arrive prepared. Then the waiting room overwhelms you, the doctor asks several broad…
ADHD Executive Dysfunction in Adults: Why Simple Tasks Feel Impossible
You need to send one email. You know who it is for. You know roughly what it should say. It might take less than five…
12 Signs of Neurodivergent Burnout Recovery
Recovery from neurodivergent burnout is not always obvious. You may still feel tired, need more solitude and struggle with tasks that once felt automatic, yet…
Neurodivergent Burnout While Parenting: Recovery When You Cannot Fully Step Away
Neurodivergent burnout is especially difficult during parenthood because your capacity can fall while your responsibilities continue. Children still need food, supervision, transport, emotional support and…
Neurodivergent Burnout and Relationships: Withdrawal, Conflict and Connection
Neurodivergent burnout can change how someone communicates, participates in daily life and experiences closeness. A person who once replied quickly may leave messages unanswered. Shared…
Neurodivergent Burnout at Work: Signs, Accommodations and Recovery
Neurodivergent burnout at work can remain hidden for a long time because many autistic, ADHD and AuDHD adults use urgency, masking, overpreparation and personal recovery…
Neurodivergent Burnout Recovery Plan: The First Days, Weeks and Months
When you are deeply burnt out, even recovery can feel like another impossible task. You may find dozens of suggestions about sleep, exercise, routines, sensory…