Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast: A Personal Account of Sensory Overload and How It Shapes the Autistic Experience

This book moves through the day-to-day life of someone who lives in a world where fluorescent lights don't simply illuminate—they pierce. Where a passing siren doesn't signal alarm—it paralyzes. Where even the comfort of a sweater can feel like sandpaper on skin. It documents what it means to wake up every morning with your senses tuned to a higher frequency, and how that affects your decisions, your relationships, your sense of safety, and your ability to belong.

It doesn't attempt to speak...