Accessible Journeys Magazine

Aisha Niang turns mobility challenges into travel confidence

A woman in a floor-length dress with a black top and a skirt in the colors of the Jamaican flag (black, green, and gold) stands in a wooded area. She is leaning on a fallen tree trunk, with her hand on her hip and looking to the side. Yellow and green fabric ribbons are strung through the trees in the background.

Born and raised in Manhattan, Aisha Niang grew up in a city that forces you to find your rhythm or risk being left behind. She carried her cerebral palsy into classrooms, onto buses, into friendships, never allowing it to press her into the shadows.