When areas are inaccessible, they aren’t inclusive, actually and figuratively, which impacts us all. Meet Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad, a digital marketer, and her sister Annie Lachhman, an artist born with cerebral palsy who makes use of a wheelchair. Initially from Guyana, they typically hunt down New York Metropolis’s cultural choices with their multi-generational household. When Lakshmee discovered there wasn’t a lot sensible data obtainable for planning visits for individuals with disabilities, she based Accessible Journey NYC, an internet site to share tales, images, and practical tips on getting round. Hear how visits to The Met have impressed Annie’s creativity and deepened Lakshmee’s view that incapacity—whether or not amongst artists or others—is one thing to be celebrated, not overcome.

Friends: Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad, digital marketer and founding father of Accessible Journey NYC and Annie Lachhman, artist

Featured object: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Water Lilies, 1919. Oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 78 3/4 in. (101 x 200 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, New York, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Assortment, Reward of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1998, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1998.325.2)

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