Disability Pride, Disability Joy Exists: A Community Art Making Workshop
Saturday, July 19, 2025; 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Perennial Garden
Join Accessible Travel NYC for a joyful, creative workshop that blends art, learning, and reflection through the lens of disability pride and inclusion. Set in the beauty of the Garden, this interactive session welcomes disabled people, families, friends, and allies to explore disability as identity, expression, and empowerment—through art.
Participants will choose from a wide variety of accessible, colorful materials—heavy stock paper, rocks, stickers, markers, dot markers, waxy sticks, and more—to create pieces that reflect emotions like grief, pride, joy, and hope.
About the Workshop Leaders
Sisters Annie Nishwani Lachhman (she/her) and Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad (she/her) are award-winning changemakers using art, storytelling, and education to reframe how society sees disability. Annie is a celebrated Disabled Artist whose work has been showcased by institutions like The Met Museum and ADAPT, and her Disability Pride creations are sold at the New York Botanical Garden, Whitney Museum, and online. Lakshmee is the founder of Accessible Travel NYC, a leading resource in inclusive tourism, with 25 years in the industry championing disability representation and education. Together, they bring lived experience, cultural pride, and deep joy to every program they lead—empowering communities to embrace disability as identity, creativity, resiliency, and collective strength.
