Azeem Amir
Azeem Amir is a visually impaired professional Blind Football player, disability rights advocate, and founder of Learn with ESS, an organization promoting education, sport, and speaking.
Why you should book Azeem Amir for your next event
- Inspirational Story: Azeem's life story is incredibly inspiring, and he has overcome numerous obstacles to achieve success in both sports and academia. His story is one of determination, resilience, and perseverance, and it can motivate and inspire others to achieve their own goals.
- Expertise in Disability Rights: As a highly respected disability rights advocate, Azeem has in-depth knowledge and expertise on the topic. He can offer valuable insights and perspectives on disability rights issues, and his workshops and public speaking engagements can help educate and promote inclusivity and empathy.
- Unique Workshop Experience: Azeem's Learn with ESS initiative offers a unique and interactive team cohesion experience that can benefit any audience, whether it be educational institutions, sports clubs, or corporate organizations. His workshops promote inclusive and empathetic practices and can provide a memorable and engaging experience for attendees.
Azeem Amir is a 24-year-old visually impaired professional Blind Football player from England, who has never let his disability be a barrier to success. Alongside his football career, Azeem has completed a Master's degree from the University of Salford and become the youngest blind person to complete Tough Mudder, raising funds for charity. A highly respected advocate for disability rights, he is also the founder of Learn with ESS and a charitable foundation for disability welfare.
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Topics:
International Elite Athlete
Overcoming Adversity
Disability Awareness
Entrepreneurship
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Team Building
Soft Skill Development
Positive Mindset
Accessibility In The Workplace
International Elite Athlete
Overcoming Adversity
Disability Awareness
Entrepreneurship
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Team Building
Soft Skill Development
Positive Mindset
Accessibility In The Workplace
Azeem Amir
Empowering Disability Rights through Football, Education, and Advocacy
Azeem Amir is 24 and has been visually impaired since birth. However, he has never let it be a barrier to success. Azeem plays Blind Football professionally for the England and Great Britain blind football team and is working towards achieving international success. Playing across the globe he and the team are aiming to qualify for the next Paralympics. His football skills on the pitch have paved the way for him to be a part of several national and international media campaigns, working with brands from an array of industries from across the globe. Alongside his football, Azeem has also just completed a Master's Degree from the University of Salford.
Azeem recently became the youngest blind person to complete Tough Mudder; a gruelling 12-mile obstacle course, featuring muddy ditches, huge walls and electric fences, raising substantial funds for charity! Since running Tough Mudder, Azeem has risen to fame as a highly respected advocate for disability rights. He is now an ambassador for several disability awareness charities and organizations and through public speaking (TedTalks), coaching and workshops aims to inspire as many young people as possible to achieve their own version of success. He has just stepped into the world of Enterprise launching his own organisation called Learn With ESS, with the ESS standing for education, sport and speaking.
Learn with ESS is a workshop initiative that uses classroom and sport based activities to provide a unique and interactive team cohesion experience with the purpose of promoting the advancement of education. With the aim to benefit the public by stepping into the shoes of someone with a disability to address stigmatized issues surrounding the topic. These workshops can be tailored and bespoke to any audience to promote and highlight the importance and benefit of inclusive and empathetic mannerisms and practices. Working with educational institutions, sports clubs and corporates organisations.
In 2023 Azeem will also be launching his own charitable foundation..
The objective of the Foundation is to educate, empower, support and develop new opportunities and experiences through the provision of recreational and leisure based activities for the interest of social welfare and awareness. Consequently, improving the lives of disabled/impaired individuals and their families conditions of life, to help with personal growth and peer relationships.
Azeem recently became the youngest blind person to complete Tough Mudder; a gruelling 12-mile obstacle course, featuring muddy ditches, huge walls and electric fences, raising substantial funds for charity! Since running Tough Mudder, Azeem has risen to fame as a highly respected advocate for disability rights. He is now an ambassador for several disability awareness charities and organizations and through public speaking (TedTalks), coaching and workshops aims to inspire as many young people as possible to achieve their own version of success. He has just stepped into the world of Enterprise launching his own organisation called Learn With ESS, with the ESS standing for education, sport and speaking.
Learn with ESS is a workshop initiative that uses classroom and sport based activities to provide a unique and interactive team cohesion experience with the purpose of promoting the advancement of education. With the aim to benefit the public by stepping into the shoes of someone with a disability to address stigmatized issues surrounding the topic. These workshops can be tailored and bespoke to any audience to promote and highlight the importance and benefit of inclusive and empathetic mannerisms and practices. Working with educational institutions, sports clubs and corporates organisations.
In 2023 Azeem will also be launching his own charitable foundation..
The objective of the Foundation is to educate, empower, support and develop new opportunities and experiences through the provision of recreational and leisure based activities for the interest of social welfare and awareness. Consequently, improving the lives of disabled/impaired individuals and their families conditions of life, to help with personal growth and peer relationships.
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Never underestimate a blind footballer | Azeem Amir | TEDxBrighton
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