{"id":1192,"date":"2023-08-31T15:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliance-scotland.org.uk\/policy-and-research\/?page_id=1192"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:27:59","slug":"sensory-loss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alliance-scotland.org.uk\/policy-and-research\/scottish-sensory-hub\/sensory-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/limpingchicken.com\/2021\/06\/28\/emily-howlett-the-debate-about-big-d-and-little-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The debate about big D and little D<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/deaf-gain\/201411\/introduction-deaf-gain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An introduction to Deaf Gain<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entandaudiologynews.com\/news\/post\/audiology-in-this-issue-identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deaf Identity<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entandaudiologynews.com\/features\/audiology-features\/post\/implants-and-the-identity-of-self\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Implants and the identity of the self<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entandaudiologynews.com\/features\/audiology-features\/post\/deaf-identity-in-audiology-services-exploring-the-significance-and-implications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deaf identity in Audiology services: exploring the significance and implications<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entandaudiologynews.com\/features\/audiology-features\/post\/celebrating-deaf-identity-through-art-the-hearing-care-for-all-virtual-gallery-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celebrating deaf identity through art: the \u2018Hearing Care for ALL\u2019 Virtual Gallery Project<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entandaudiologynews.com\/features\/audiology-features\/post\/be-who-you-needed-when-you-were-younger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Be who you needed when you were younger<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entandaudiologynews.com\/features\/audiology-features\/post\/embracing-deafness-and-the-silent-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Embracing deafness and the silent world<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/conditions\/blindness-and-visual-impairment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blindness and Visual Impairment<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/conditions\/deafblindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deafblindness<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-scotland.org.uk\/blog\/opinion\/deafblind-peoples-experiences-of-accessing-social-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deafblind people\u2019s experiences of accessing social care<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any feedback or resources on language and terminology, please get in touch with the team at <a href=\"mailto:sensory@alliance-scotland.org.uk\">sensory@alliance-scotland.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sensory language is an evolving area, and while the Hub currently uses the terms Deafness, Deafblindness and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-scotland.org.uk\/policy-and-research\/scottish-sensory-hub\/sensory-loss\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"parent":1203,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"area_of_work":[],"strategic_priority":[],"class_list":["post-1192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Language - Policy and research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alliance-scotland.org.uk\/policy-and-research\/scottish-sensory-hub\/sensory-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Language - Policy and research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Scottish Sensory Hub is committed to promoting human rights across the lifespan through using culturally responsive sensory language. 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