Level 3 Autism in Adults: Signs and Support Needs
Level 3 autism describes autistic people who are considered to require very substantial support in one or both of the two core diagnostic domains of…
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.
Level 2 Autism in Adults: What It Means, Signs and Support Needs
Being diagnosed with Level 2 autism means that someone is autistic and is considered to require substantial support with social communication and/or restricted and repetitive…
AuDHD in Midlife: When Compensating Gets Harder
Midlife can make AuDHD feel louder. Perhaps you spent your twenties and thirties building systems that more or less worked. You created routines to control…
ADHD in Midlife: Why Old Coping Strategies Can Stop Working
You may have managed ADHD for decades without ever thinking of yourself as someone who could not cope. Perhaps you built a career, raised children,…
ADHD in Older Adults: What ADHD Can Look Like After 60
ADHD does not disappear when you turn 60. For decades, however, ADHD was treated largely as a childhood condition. Many people who are now in…
Autistic Retirement: Routine, Identity, Money & Life After Work
Retirement can sound like the ultimate reduction in demands. No commute, fewer deadlines, fewer meetings, less workplace masking and much more control over your own…
Autism in Midlife: What Can Change After 40?
For many autistic adults, midlife raises a confusing question: why does life seem harder now when I have spent decades learning how to manage it?…
AuDHD and Aging: Autism, ADHD & the Changing Brain Across Adulthood
AuDHD can already feel contradictory in early adulthood. You may need routine but struggle to maintain it, seek stimulation but become overwhelmed by it, want…
ADHD and Aging: How ADHD Can Change in Midlife and Later Life
ADHD is lifelong, but living with ADHD at 25 can feel very different from living with it at 45, 65 or 80. The underlying neurodevelopmental…
Autism and Aging: What Changes in Midlife and Later Life?
Autism is lifelong, but being autistic at 25 is not necessarily the same experience as being autistic at 45, 65 or 80. Your autistic traits…