--- title: "Accessibility guides · MIA Airport Guide" description: "Every MIA guide on accessibility and assistance: 6 guides, each answering one question. They include hidden disabilities at Miami airport." url: "https://miaairportguide.com/guides/accessibility-and-assistance/" updated: "2026-10-21" airport: "MIA" type: "guide" --- > Independent guide, not the official MIA website. All pages: https://miaairportguide.com/llms.txt # Accessibility guides Every MIA guide on accessibility and assistance: 6 guides, each answering one question. They include hidden disabilities at Miami airport. Updated October 21, 2026 Getting through MIA with a disability or reduced mobility: how to arrange wheelchair assistance, accessible parking, quiet rooms and support for hidden disabilities where the airport offers it. The guides explain what to request and when, and the accessibility page lists where the airport places each service. Looking for the listings themselves? They are on the [Accessibility & assistance](https://miaairportguide.com/accessibility/) page. ![A green Sunflower lanyard on a passport and headphones](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-green-lanyard-with-t-v3-800.webp) [Hidden disabilities at Miami airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/hidden-disabilities-at-miami-airport/) MIA's Sunflower lanyard, how to request one by email, the sensory rooms, visual paging, sign language by video, Aira for low vision, and the MIAair practice trips. ![A lime-green airport fire rescue engine on the airfield](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-small-first-aid-t-v3-800.webp) [Medical help at Miami airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/medical-help-at-miami-airport/) In a medical emergency at MIA, call 911: the airport's own fire rescue answers from two stations on site. Where to buy basic medicine, and help for smaller problems. - [If someone is unwell after security, call for help first](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/medical-help-at-miami-airport/#if-someone-is-unwell-after-security-call-for-help-first) - [Pharmabox machines sell basic medicine around the clock](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/medical-help-at-miami-airport/#pharmabox-machines-sell-basic-medicine-around-the-clock) - [Where to go for smaller problems](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/medical-help-at-miami-airport/#where-to-go-for-smaller-problems) ![A long moving walkway in an airport concourse](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/an-empty-wheelchair-waiting-t-v3-800.webp) [Miami airport for travelers with reduced mobility](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/) Getting around MIA if walking is hard: the long distances in Concourse D, the Skytrain, accessible parking bridges, restrooms, security lanes and how to rehearse the trip first. - [The distances are long, and trains cover the worst of them](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/#the-distances-are-long-and-trains-cover-the-worst-of-them) - [Park on Level 3 for the smoothest walk in](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/#park-on-level-3-for-the-smoothest-walk-in) - [Unisex restrooms are only in the North and South Terminals](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/#unisex-restrooms-are-only-in-the-north-and-south-terminals) - [Security and Customs both have accessible options](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/#security-and-customs-both-have-accessible-options) - [Rest, charging and first aid along the way](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/#rest-charging-and-first-aid-along-the-way) - [Practice the trip first](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/miami-airport-reduced-mobility-travellers/#practice-the-trip-first) ![Blue beanbags and tactile wall panels in a multi-sensory room](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/soft-beanbag-seats-and-t-v3-800.webp) [The sensory rooms and quiet spaces at MIA](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/sensory-room-quiet-spaces-at-mia/) MIA's two multi-sensory rooms, after security in Concourse D and the H–J connector, open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., plus the chapel and other calmer places to wait. - [Which room is on your route](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/sensory-room-quiet-spaces-at-mia/#which-room-is-on-your-route) - [Other calmer places](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/sensory-room-quiet-spaces-at-mia/#other-calmer-places) - [Help before and during the trip](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/sensory-room-quiet-spaces-at-mia/#help-before-and-during-the-trip) ![A pill organizer and a medication cooler bag in a security bin at Miami International Airport](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-pill-organiser-a-t-v3-800.webp) [Traveling through MIA with medication and medical devices](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/travelling-through-mia-with-medication-medical-devices/) TSA's rules for medicine, liquids over 3.4 ounces, ice packs, CPAP machines and insulin pumps at MIA's checkpoints, and how to arrange help with screening before you fly. - [TSA allows medicine and devices, with a few rules](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/travelling-through-mia-with-medication-medical-devices/#tsa-allows-medicine-and-devices-with-a-few-rules) - [You can arrange help at the checkpoint in advance](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/travelling-through-mia-with-medication-medical-devices/#you-can-arrange-help-at-the-checkpoint-in-advance) - [What MIA has for you on either side of security](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/travelling-through-mia-with-medication-medical-devices/#what-mia-has-for-you-on-either-side-of-security) ![An empty airport wheelchair beside gate seats](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/an-airport-wheelchair-parked-t-v3-800.webp) [Wheelchair assistance at Miami airport: how to arrange it](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/) Wheelchair service at MIA comes from your airline, not the airport. How to book it, what the attendant will and won't do, and the Rental Car Center and Customs exceptions. - [Who arranges each part of the journey](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/#who-arranges-each-part-of-the-journey) - [What the wheelchair attendant does](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/#what-the-wheelchair-attendant-does) - [Traveling with your own power chair](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/#traveling-with-your-own-power-chair) - [Arriving from abroad](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/#arriving-from-abroad) - [Getting to and from MIA](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/#getting-to-and-from-mia) - [If the service doesn’t turn up](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wheelchair-assistance-at-miami-airport-how-arrange-it/#if-the-service-doesnt-turn-up)