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

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.


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