Access Intimacy for Disability Justice

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This class is part of Sulaiman R. Khan’s fellowship with The Slow Factory which explores the idea of Disability, sex, and relationships for new ways of being and moving towards a just, liberated and regenerative future and processes.

It explores how Disabled people are treated by society in relationships and what society can learn from the love of Disability.

What is the nature of intimacy when you are Disabled? What are the differences between Disabled intimacy and non-Disabled intimacy?

In a society where 80% of Disability is acquired, how does ableism impact our ability to be intimate once someone acquires a Disability and their identity changes as a result? How does it affect the ability of non-Disabled people to connect with others?

How can the intimate, loving, interdependent relationships that Disabled people are experts at forming be applied more widely to nature and regeneration?

Sulaiman R. Khan

Daringly integrating Disability. A Regenerative Leadership and Regenerative Existence Custodian, Sulaiman uses his intersectional, anti-ableist, and Disability Justice lens as Founder and Chief Radical Officer of ThisAbility Limited, a Disability (and POC)-led (and owned) justice business, and a Certified B Corporation. ThisAbility Limited helps socially conscious organisations focused on regeneration (beyond sustainability), technology, or design to diversify by going from ableism to Disability Liberation and integrating Disability Culture. The igniter of hearts creatively, a British-Pakistani Disabled wheelchair user adventurer, and a multiple award-winner, Sulaiman loves to create relationships, stories, and joy. With over 35-years of lived experience of Disability and over 12-years of experience with the creative industries, because of his innate sense of solidarity and desire for justice, he works tirelessly to ignite, invest in, and amplify Disabled creativity across the world for a liberated tomorrow for Disabled people. Radical (the “grasping at the root” definition by Auntie Angela Davis), restful, and regenerative: Sulaiman chooses to live in his divinity as a whole and complete person. Sulaiman is infinitely a radical with Garam Masala badassery. Ultimately, his life’s work and goal are to create infinite Access Intimacy (as defined by Mia Mingus), Post-Ableism, and Disability Liberation.