Personal Statement, Sustainable Development MSc

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Vertical side-view photo from Sulaiman’s left side. With tattoos on each wrist (a fountain symbol on one representing creativity and abstract compass/arrows on the other representing adventure) and a newly shaved head, Sulaiman (a…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Vertical side-view photo from Sulaiman’s left side. With tattoos on each wrist (a fountain symbol on one representing creativity and abstract compass/arrows on the other representing adventure) and a newly shaved head, Sulaiman (a South Asian, disabled man) is wearing his slim dungarees shorts in white with rainbow side stripe on the side of each thigh, his orange sunglasses his dear Dutch friend Mark van der Heijden got him, his silver pendant, and his new silver signet ring on his pinky finger on his left hand. He sits in his power wheelchair in his garden, and he’s enjoying the great sunny, summer weather.

Here is our, Chief Cripship Critical Thinker and Community Leader, Sulaiman’s Personal Statement that successfully gain him acceptance Sustainable Development MSc at the University of Sussex for November 2021 entry: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wys9E_y9PNU4GhVJK9yiecuxHr8-CnDnvFdX5HgT1wU/edit?usp=sharing

Originally written in December 2020, it is the catalyst that made him coin the term Critical Cripship Studies and start this project in January 2021. Watch this space for more thoughts on disability and sustainability by Sulaiman and other special guests.

Sulaiman R. Khan [he/him/his/Disabled]

Hey, I’m Sulaiman R. Khan – سلیمان راشد خان, currently based in London, UK!

My (current) Disability pronouns are = Disabled/wheelchair user

My (current) pronouns are = he/him/his/Disabled

Daringly integrating Disability.

I’m a multiple award-winning Disabled AF: Founder, Speaker, and Activist. I’m a Disabled Oracle. I’m the Founder and Chief Radical Officer of ThisAbility® Limited, a Disabled and Person of The Global Majority-owned Disability Justice business and a Certified B Corporation. ThisAbility Limited helps socially conscious brands divest from ableism and enact Disability liberation, by integrating Disability culture.

Ultimately, my life’s work and goal are to create radical, infinite, interdependent ecosystems of care (and curiosity), Access Intimacy for collective liberation, and acts of daily Revolutionary LOVE®.


Read more about me here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18rkezI2oQvxXOH-qGvDwjH6pPULnPxED_CdyzYi0aZk/edit?usp=sharing

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