Sensory Impairment and Reablement Team: Your views on our proposed name change

Overview

We are proposing to change the name of the Sensory Impairment and Reablement Team to the “Sensory Support and Reablement Team”. We would like your views on this proposed change.

Background

There are several reasons for proposing the name change. First, the term ‘impairment’ establishes the standard as ‘hearing’, and anything different as ‘impaired’. This implies that something is not as it should be, and ought to be fixed if possible.

Second, the term ‘visually impaired’ is more commonly used by professionals in the health and social care sectors, rather than by people living with sight loss. It may therefore be seen as a clinical term.

By substituting the word ‘impairment’ with ‘support’, the Council hopes to present a more positive, strength-based description of the service it provides to East Sussex residents.

Completing the survey

The survey will take around 5 minutes to complete and is open till the end of Friday 14 June. You have the option to use the ‘Save and come back later…’ button at the end of each page if you need more time to finish later. 

If you would like the survey in another format, please contact us using the details on this page.

What happens next?

Once we have considered everyone’s feedback, we will make a decision on the name change proposal. We will let you know what is decided via societies’ newsletters and the Adult Social Care Bulletin.

Privacy information: This survey is anonymous, and we don't ask you to provide any personal information in it. Please ensure that any comments you make don't include any names or personal details of you or anyone else. You can find our privacy notice about how the data will be stored and processed by East Sussex County Council on our website.