Sensory friendly resources
Sensory friendly resources at Chicago O'Hare International Airport: where it is and what they cost, as the airport lists them.
More in our guide: Autism-friendly and sensory travel at O'Hare.
Sensory friendly resources
- Where
- Sensory bags are handed out at the airport information desks
- Cost
- Free
- Details
- Sensory bags hold calming items such as fidgets, headphones and visual aids. The airport also publishes sensory maps marking high and low sensory areas in each terminal, social stories that walk through the journey with pictures, and short videos of the airport from a traveller's point of view. Aira gives free on-demand remote visual interpreting to travellers who are blind or have low vision.
Source: Chicago Department of Aviation
Questions about sensory friendly resources at ORD
Where can I find the sensory friendly resources at ORD?
Sensory bags are handed out at the airport information desks.
What does it cost to use the sensory friendly resources at ORD?
Free.
Related facilities ORD locates
- Chapel: Terminal 2, Mezzanine level above the Alaska Airlines and JetBlue ticket counters, next to the USO, before security (one of 2 listings)
- Accessibility services: Wheelchair assistance, From the curb to the ticket counters and the gates, in all four terminals (one of 3 listings)