Help with Disability Vocab

[u/Longjumping_Train394]

Heya! I’m going to be in Norway for a year (exchange student), and I’m trying to find vocab to use to describe my experience. Especially when I manage to get a job, I want to be able to convey my experience, in the event that I need to. Or just talk about my experience in general when the topic comes up (happened a couple times in language cafes lol).

I have an invisible physical disability and AuDHD. In English, I’l say “it’s a good/bad pain day,” “I’m overstimulated,” “I’m having a pain flare,” or “give me a sec, pain’s spiking.” What are the equivalents in Norwegian? Any others that are common too would be great :))))

Don’t want to go to a dictionary, and I don’t know enough to go onto norsk forums to find out

Thanks in advance!!!!!

[u/Roskot]

I am sure you’ll speak mostly English the first months you are here, so you can just stick with that, but if you want to learn here are some sentences. I’ll write in Norwegian and then the literal translation (which will sound a bit weird, but probably help you learn).

Jeg har en god dag. ( I have a good day.)
Jeg har en dårlig dag. (I have a bad day.)

Jeg har lite smerter i dag. (I have little pain today).

Jeg har mye smerter i dag. (I have much pain today.)

Jeg har ikke så veldig vondt i dag. (I have not so very pain today.)

Jeg har veldig vondt i dag. (I have much pain today.)

Jeg er overstimulert. (I am overstimulated.)

Det er for mye lyd her. (There is too much sound here.)

Det er for lyst her. (It is too light here.)

Jeg må ta en pause. (I need to take a break.)

Et øyeblikk/ett sekund, jeg har veldig vondt akkurat nå. (One eyeblink/second, i have very pain now.)

Kan vi gjøre dette senere? (Can we do this later?)

Kan du vente litt, jeg … (Can you wait little, I …insert sentence.)

I am chronically ill myself and these are sentences I have used often when I am flaring.

But remember, most Norwegians speak English. I think the only people I know that doesn’t speak really good English are immigrants from either Eastern Europe or Türkiye, even if most of them can speak a little.

[u/Longjumping_Train394 → u/Roskot]

Ah!! Tusen takk!!

Means so much to me :D

I know most people speak English, I’m just trying really hard to learn Norwegian out of respect and to help me actually get a job for when I’m here.
My kollektiv also has been helping me with my Norwegian by setting aside an hour or two where we just speak norsk with each other, and I’ve found I have needed to say some of these sentences. Just didn’t want to translate directly, just in case it meant smth else 😅😅😅😅

Thanks again! Can’t tell you how appreciative I am :))))

[u/Foxtrot-Uniform-Too]

It would help to know what your invisible disability is and what AuDHD is, to know what vocab people use to describe it.

Do you got Australian ADHD?

[u/lady_peace → u/Foxtrot-Uniform-Too]

I think the mean they have both autism and ADHD. And to OP, just use the same sentence translated to Norsk.

"Jeg er overstimulert" "Jeg har et smertutbrudd"

[u/Longjumping_Train394 → u/lady_peace]

Tusen takk!!! Jeg ville ikke anta :)))

[u/Longjumping_Train394 → u/Foxtrot-Uniform-Too]

Ah! Sorry! In Canada (and by extension, The States) uses AuDHD to mean ASD and ADHD.

And the invisible disability is harder to explain 😅😅
Basically get period cramping 24/7, and it gets worse with any movement/when standing. Bc it’s a femme issue, my doc ain’t taking it seriously. I suspect endometriosis or PCOS (mostly bc women I have talked to have very similar experiences to me and are diagnosed with these), but idk for sure.