• Hannah McFadden (left) and Tatyana McFadden, pictured in 2016, have provided support to visually impaired teammates on the U.S. Paralympic team. | DANIEL ACKER / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Hannah McFadden (left) and Tatyana McFadden, pictured in 2016, have provided support to visually impaired teammates on the U.S. Paralympic team. | DANIEL ACKER / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Mikey Brannigan, a gold medal-winning runner who is intellectually disabled, still remembers the stress and confusion of being lost in an airport.

In 2016, Brannigan had no one accompanying him as he flew to a team training camp ahead of the Rio Paralympics. Brannigan’s father, Kevin Brannigan, said his son missed his connection and didn’t find his way to another flight for hours.

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