Seen and Heard: Voices of Deafblind People

The Scottish Advisory Group on Deafblindness often called SAGoD brings together Deafblind people from across the country to set policy priorities for Deafblind Scotland. This ensures that Deafblind people’s direct experience of living day to day with this form of dual sensory loss can be used in a positive way to help inform what changes are needed across the systems and structures that have the greatest impact on their lives from transport and health and social care to accessible neighbourhoods and buildings. Any member of Deafblind Scotland can attend a quarterly SAGoD meeting where they can discuss the issues that most affect them and work together with Right to Dream Ambassadors and Senior staff to explore solutions. SAGoD meetings also provide an opportunity to engage in consultations with National and Local Government or others such as NHS Leaders or Social Security Scotland to ensure that Deafblind people’s daily challenges and views on improvements in services and structures are ‘Seen and Heard.’