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Sensory overload and self-advocacy with ADHD (Margaux Joffe’s story)

Sensory overload and self-advocacy with ADHD (Margaux Joffe’s story)

ADHD Aha! vor 1 Jahr

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Margaux Joffe’s “aha” moment came during a shopping trip to IKEA
with her mom. She had an intense sensory overload experience,
which her mom later suggested could be ADHD-related. Margaux,
who’d been diagnosed with anxiety and depression as a teenager,
had never considered ADHD.

She was diagnosed with ADHD at age 29. In the years since, she’s
become a global advocate for neurodiversity and accessibility.
Check out her conversation with host Laura Key about justice
sensitivity, workplace accommodations, and self-harm in
undiagnosed women.

Related resources

ADHD and sensory overload

ADHD and depression

Understood.org’s 2024 Neurodiversity at Work Survey Fact
Sheet

Margaux’s website, margauxjoffe.com

Timestamps

(01:55) Margaux’s IKEA story, and “aha” moment

(07:34) Sensory sensitivity and ADHD

(09:03) Undiagnosed ADHD leading to anxiety and depression

(12:38) Breaking down during transitional periods

(14:16) Being told she was just “too much” as a child

(18:44) What has she learned in the 10 years since being
diagnosed?

(21:12) What has she learned through working with other women
with ADHD?

(23:29) Self-advocacy and disclosure at work

(26:35) What’s Margaux up to now?

For a transcript and more resources, visit the ADHD Aha!
page on Understood.

Want to share your “aha” moment? We love hearing from our
listeners. Email us at ADHDAha@understood.org.

As kids head back to school, it's a good time to remember: not
every student experiences the classroom the same way. Through
My Eyes, a free interactive experience from Understood, lets
you step into a day in the life of a kid with ADHD, dyslexia, or
dyscalculia. See their strengths and challenges in a whole new
way. Try it out here.

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empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like
ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work,
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