  We study the problem of Nadler and Quinn from 1972, which asks whether, given
an arc-like continuum $X$ and a point $x \in X$, there exists an embedding of
$X$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ for which $x$ is an accessible point. We develop the
notion of a radial departure of a map $f \colon [-1,1] \to [-1,1]$, and
establish a simple criterion in terms of the bonding maps in an inverse system
on intervals to show that there is an embedding of the inverse limit for which
a given point is accessible. Using this criterion, we give a partial
affirmative answer to the problem of Nadler and Quinn, under some technical
assumptions on the bonding maps of the inverse system.
