Our Values

Our Seven Values

The values of ThisAbility Limited were created in Interdependence and love with Born Equal Consults, and these align with the values of our Founder and Chief Radical Officer, Sulaiman R. Khan. These values are not trendy words to us. Our values are reminders of our existence and everything we do (and every interaction we have) internally and externally.

Led by Sulaiman, in our divinity, truth, power, and creativity as whole and complete moons – craters, scars, flaws, farts, and all: We know we may not always get things right and will make mistakes, but we will always keep these values in our hearts to always do better today (and tomorrow) than we did yesterday. And we trust the universe, our ancestors, and our descendants to support us and show us on this adventure to the next (right and best) thing for us.

Radical, restful, regenerative. Always. XO

 

IMAGE DESCRIPTION 1: In the middle of a peach pink background is a white text subtitle that says, “Radical Accomplices.” On the bottom right is an illustration of some white Jasmine flowers with green leaves, the national flower of Pakistan, which is a nod to Sulaiman’s ancestral heritage. Below is white text that says, “Infinite and radical Interdependence and love.Our values are in harmony above balance with People of the Global Majority, those who sit at
the intersection of multiple systems of oppression, the universe, Mother Earth, our kin (by blood and bond, present and future, human and more-than-human, inner and outer selves), our ancestors, our descendants, and our inner and outer selves and systems. And again, we know we may get things wrong and make mistakes, but we will always do our best to do (and be better) tomorrow than we did today (and yesterday). Maya Angelou said it best: [OPEN QUOTE] “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” [CLOSE Quote]” At the bottom is bold, italicised white text stating, “Radical, restful, regenerative. Always. XO.” The ‘XO’ stands for a kiss and hug. END.

These values were ignited and influenced by the work of but not limited to (in no particular order):

  • Fearless Futures

  • GUAP INTERNATIONAL LTD

  • Morrama Ltd.

  • The Slow Factory

  • Aotearoa Liberation League

  • Flamingo Interpreting Inc.

  • Born Equal Consults

  • Farzana Khan

  • Healing Justice LDN

  • Kwame Lowe

  • Arman Nouri

  • Kin Structures

  • Akil Scafe-Smith

  • Seth Amani Scafe-Smith

  • Melissa Haniff

  • RESOLVE Collective

  • Amahra Spence

  • MAIA

  • Imandeep Kaur

  • Civic Square

  • Ismail Lourido Ali JD

  • Akua Ofosuhene

  • Camille Sapara Barton

  • Darren Springer

  • Nkem Ndefo

  • Lumos Transforms

  • Temi Mwale

  • Melz Owusu

  • Alex Augustin

  • Yolo Akili Robinson

  • Shahmir Sanni

  • Sonya Renee Taylor

  • Adrienne Maree Brown

  • The Nap Ministry

  • Dream Rehab

  • Pause and Effect (Canada)

  • Sabrina Meherally

  • Sahibzada Mayed (صاحبزادہ مائد)

  • Moeed Majeed

  • Alice Wong 王美華

  • Imani Barbarin

  • The Triple Cripples

  • Shani Dhanda

  • Sinéad Burke

  • Kelly Gordon

  • Nyle DiMarco

  • Angela Y. Davis

  • Dionne Reid

  • KiD iN YOU ®

  • Ibram X. Kendi

  • COMUZI

  • Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

  • Lavant Consulting, INC.

  • Progressive International

  • Leroy F. Moore Jr.

  • Mia Mingus

  • Haben Girma

  • Alok Vaid-Menon

  • Dr. Sami Schalk

  • Talila “TL” Lewis

  • Sassy Wyatt

  • Arlan Hamilton

  • Collette Philip

  • Brand By Me Limited

  • Ettie Bailey-King

  • Bozoma Saint John

  • Luvvie Ajayi Jones

  • Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

  • Shereen Daniels

  • Nova Reid

  • Cephas Williams

  • Lydia Amoah

  • Sereena Abbassi

  • Carson Tueller

  • Remi Ray

  • Madeline McQueen

  • David McQueen

  • Jay Asooli

  • Pocc Ltd

  • Kevin Morosky

  • Nana Bempah

  • Dr. Gabor Maté

  • The Queer Muslim Project

  • Inclusive Mosque Initiative

  • Blair Imani Ali

  • Will Oshiro de Groot

  • Muna el-Kurd

  • Mohammed el-Kurd

  • Lana Homeri

  • Sins Invalid

  • Cindy Gallop

  • Dr. Victor Santiago Pineda

  • Aaron Rose Philip

  • Khadijah Diskin

  • Martha Awojobi

  • JMB Consulting

  • Uncharitable

  • Seyi Akiwowo

  • GLITCH (UK charity)

  • David A. Bailey MBE

  • Marai Larasi

  • Project Tallawah

  • Abbas Zahedi

  • Gabriella Gómez-Mont

  • Rosemary M. Campbell-Stephens MBE

  • Dr. Sanah Ahsan

  • YK Hong

  • Kevin Gotkin (Who Girl)

  • Bio-Leadership Project (Bio-Leadership Ecosystem Group Limited)

  • Dr. Vandana Shiva

  • Ahmed Sadkhan

  • The Slow Factory 2023 Fellows

  • Adib Dhada

  • Catia Radu

  • Mikaela Loach

  • Kelechi Okafor

  • Samirah Siddiqui

  • Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua

  • Sophia Thakur

  • Alexis Nikole Nelson

  • Dr. Merlin Sheldrake

  • Giuliana Furci

  • Fungi Foundation

  • Tom Mustill

  • Autonomy UK

  • Anuradha Kowtha

  • Moriah Helms

  • Karen Larbi

  • Nish Doshi

  • Paul Stamets

  • Leen Gorissen

  • Janine Benyus

  • Laura Storm

  • Jen Deerinwater (and Indigenous Peoples globally)

  • Syren Shveta Nagakyrie

  • Kymberlee Medina

  • Jessica Oddi

  • Joshua A. Halstead

  • Katarina Skoberne

  • Matt Greenough

  • Mel Exon

  • Tia Denton

  • TD Virtual Assistance

  • Rosemary Frazer

  • Isaac Harvey MBE

  • Aminder Virdee

  • Jennifer White-Johnson

  • Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini

  • Emma Case

  • Tanvi Vyas Brady

  • Michaela Hollywood

  • Mehalah Beckett

  • Es Devlin

  • Chris Turner

  • Danny Pallett

  • And more

 

The Magnificent Seven: Our Seven Values

1) RADICAL

[OPEN QUOTE] “We are not afraid to adopt a revolutionary stance — if, indeed, we wish to be radical in our quest for change — then we must get to the root of our oppression. After all, radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.’” [CLOSE QUOTE] – Angela Y. Davis.

  • Transformative (Innovative).

  • Abundant (Adventures).

  • Loving.

  • Liberation (justice-orientated, specifically Disability and Collective Liberation).

  • Life-Affirming Infrastructures.

  • Transparent and Accountable.

  • Holistic.

  • Self-Awareness.

  • Consciousness.

  • Human.

  • Imaginative (creative).

  • Playful.

2) Anti-ABLEIST

[OPEN QUOTE] “Disabled people know what it means to be vulnerable and interdependent. We are modern-day oracles. It’s time people listened to us…” [CLOSE QUOTE] – Alice Wong 王美華, Disabled Oracle.

  • Human Dignity.

  • Ambitious Expressionists.

  • Anti-capitalism.

  • Post-capitalism.

  • Anti-ableism.

  • Post-ableism (as defined by Sulaiman R. Khan).

  • Humourous.

3) Anti-Racist

[OPEN QUOTE] “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” [CLOSE QUOTE] – Angela Y. Davis.

  • Decolonisation.

  • Intersectionality (as defined by Professor Kimberlé W. Crenshaw).

  • Anti-oppression.

  • Post-oppression.

  • Anti-racism.

  • Post-racism.

  • Curiosity, compassion, and courageousness.

4) INTERDEPENDENT

[OPEN QUOTE] “Liberation is the opportunity for every human, no matter their body, to have unobstructed access to their highest self, for every human to live in radical self-love." [CLOSE QUOTE] – Sonya Renee Taylor.

  • Social Justice (including Disability Justice, Racial Justice, Media Justice, Design Justice, Transformative Justice, Health Justice, Healing Justice, Reproductive Justice, Research Justice, Indigenous Justice, Ocean Justice, Climate Justice, and Environmental Justice).

  • Community.

  • Holistic Learning (curious).

  • Abundance and Growth Mindset.

  • Storytelling.

  • Holistic Teaching.

  • Compassionate (beyond empathy).

5) ACCESSIBLE

[OPEN QUOTE] “All that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes you...” [CLOSE QUOTE] – Octavia E. Butler.

  • Access Intimacy (as defined by Mia Mingus).

  • Dignity Giving.

  • Life Affirming.

  • Safe.

  • Abundant.

  • Spaciousness.

6) HEALING

[OPEN QUOTE] “There’s room for all of you, and for everything you experience—the grim and the glorious, the wounded, wounding, healing and healed.” [CLOSE QUOTE] — Hiro Boga.

  • Human dignity.

  • Joyful.

  • Grieving.

  • Radical Self-Care (as defined by Angela Y. Davis).

  • Radical Self-Love (as defined by Sonya Renee Tayor).

    Radical Self-Compassion (as defined by Dr Tara Brach).

  • Somatic Care and Practice.

  • Abundant Pleasure Activism.

  • Authentic.

  • Liberatory Play.

  • Hopeful.

  • Community Care and Collective Healing.

7) REGENERATIVE

[OPEN QUOTE] “Liberated relationships are one of the ways we actually create abundant justice, the understanding that there is enough attention, care, resource, and connection for all of us to access belonging, to be in our dignity, and to be safe in community.” [CLOSE QUOTE] – adrienne maree brown.

  • Cyclical Amplification.

  • Ancestral and Descendant Wisdom.

  • Nature kinship and Systems Wisdom.

  • Life Giving.

  • Gentleness, cosiness, and spacious.

  • Slowness, softness, tenderness.

  • Rest, stillness, and sleep.

  • Holistic.

 

IMAGE DESCRIPTION 2: On the top middle of a peach pink background is the logo of ThisAbility Limited in white, featuring the Adinkra symbol for interdependence. Underneath the logo, large cursive, white text is “Sulaiman R. Khan.” Below it in all caps, white text is “Daringly Integrating Disability.” Everything is in the centre of the background. On the bottom right, there is the Certified B Corporation logo in white, as we are now a Certified B Corporation as of December 2022. END.

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