Language

The Scottish Sensory Hub is committed to promoting human rights across the lifespan through using culturally responsive sensory language. This means adopting terminology which does not further discriminate against those individuals and communities who have been historically marginalised.   

Sensory language is an evolving area, and while the Hub currently uses the terms Deafness, Deafblindness and Visual Impairments, this section of the website provides resources discussing sensory language considerations for the future to ensure a human-rights based approach.  

• The debate about big D and little D 
• An introduction to Deaf Gain 
• Deaf Identity 
• Implants and the identity of the self 
• Deaf identity in Audiology services: exploring the significance and implications 
• Celebrating deaf identity through art: the ‘Hearing Care for ALL’ Virtual Gallery Project 
• Be who you needed when you were younger 
• Embracing deafness and the silent world 
• Blindness and Visual Impairment 
• Deafblindness 
• Deafblind people’s experiences of accessing social care 

If you have any feedback or resources on language and terminology, please get in touch with the team at sensory@alliance-scotland.org.uk.

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