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LEISURE AND OUTDOORS - SCUBA DIVING
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA
| After a 7-day crash course in SCUBA diving at Adventure Scuba in Plano, TX under the excellent instruction of dive master and instructor Rodney Marshall, I was certified and ready to do my first big water dives. I made my way through the tests, the pool dives, and the lake dives. I am now Handicap SCUBA Association (HSA) Class A Certified! |
| Dive student Douglas Milne lives his life in a wheelchair after suffering spinal injuries from a motorbike accident five years ago.
When he realised the gravity of his injuries, he knew his life had changed forever.
He never anticipated that five years on he would be learning to dive. |
| Find out about diving for disabled people in Sharm El Sheik Red Sea, Egypt. |
| Pharaoh Dive Club in Egypt offer FREE Deptherapy Specially Adapted Scuba Diving programmes for seriously injured armed service people from any nation.
Deptherapy work with programme members to introduce them to the aquatic realm, firstly in the pool and then in open water under the supervision of specially qualified instructional teams. Many go on the meet the full PADI certification.
The program is especially beneficial to those suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury as well as the more obvious injured.
It has many proven benefits for the troops which is supported by those in academic research. |
| Disabled Divers International (DDI) is a not-for-profit organization, with the aim to promote, develop and conduct disabled scuba diving training programs for professional and non-professional students. All board members are volunteers, dedicated to promoting and developing disabled scuba diving internationally.
Since its introduction in 2010, DDI has gathered extensive support and recognition within the diving industry and conducted both professional and non-professional programs all around the world. DDI professionals and DDI dive centers can now be found in 58 countries with more on the way, enabling disabled diving world wide.
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| The Dive Pirates Foundation is a not-for-profit public charity dedicated to bringing scuba diving to persons with mobility disabilities. What began in 2003 as a social club for divers is now a non-profit foundation that teaches, equips and takes disabled people on life changing scuba diving adventures. |
| Diveheart's mission is to build confidence, independence and self-esteem in the lives of children, adults and veterans with disabilities through scuba diving, scuba therapy and related activities. We aim to instill the “can do” spirit in participants, inspiring them to take on challenges that they may not have considered before. Using zero gravity and the adventure paradigm, we help participants believe that if they can scuba dive they can do anything. |
| The Eels on Wheels Adaptive SCUBA Program provides people with the opportunity to dive at their own ability level by certifying divers through the Handicapped SCUBA Association (HSA). |
| Founded in 1981, The Handicapped Scuba Association, a non-profit organization, has dedicated itself to improving the physical and social well being of people with disabilities through the exhilarating sport of scuba diving and in doing so has become the worldwide authority in the field. |
| Challenges are about changes, in how we view ourselves, each other, even the world around us. Challenges are about believing in new directions and embarking on them with a sense of excitement and adventure. Discover the changes available for you in working with the disabled whether you’re a Scuba Diving Instructor, a person with a disability, or a diver seeking the personal enrichment of learning how to dive with a handicap partner...
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| The RAIDaptive program was designed to bring the sport of diving to persons with disabilities by adapting the RAID Open Water 20 course to the abilities demonstrated by the diver with disabilities. The RAIDAptive Course is designed to teach individuals with disabilities to become certified divers with the goal of using certified RAIDaptive Dive Buddies to compensate for those skills that they cannot independently perform. The student will be certified according to the following Designations:
Designation 1- The student must be able to perform all skills independently with the exception of Entries and Exits
Designation 2 - The student must be able to perform all skills independently with the exception of Entries, Exits, Emergency Ascents, Maintaining Positive Buoyancy at the surface by oral inflation of the BCD
Designation 3 - The student must be able to breathe continuously and monitor gas supply. The student will require assistance with all other aspects of diving.
To become a certified RAIDaptive Open Water diver, the students need to have basic swimming skills, be comfortable in the water, and should be in a good overall health, have a mature attitude, sound judgement and self-discipline to follow the guidelines that they will be taught for safe diving.
Medical clearance from a registered diving Doctor is also required |
| Stay-Focused is a nonprofit organization that offers SCUBA diving experiences to teens and young adults with disabilities at whatever level they can achieve. Incorporated in 2003, Stay-Focused is dedicated to improving the quality of life of those who participate in our programs |
| Welcome to Extreme Chairing.com, the largest adaptive action and adventure sports website in the world. Extreme Chairing uses funds to help people with high level injuries and limited mobility get involved in adventure sports. This site and organization is created for all people who enjoy watching or participating in action adventure sports. This organization is here to teach both able bodied and disabled people that life does not have to stop due to a severe injury, or living life with a disability.
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| The Scuba Gym Australia was born out of a desire to enable lasting change for people with special needs or disabilities. After watching the video below, I knew I had to create a Scuba Gym in Australia and so partnered with David to make it happen. |
| We are launching on the 4th September and provide Scuba Therapy™ and rehabilitation for the benefit of military veterans, people living with disabilities, and other special needs groups for the purposes of social interaction, life enrichment, and rehabilitation. We also teach adaptive scuba diving for amputees, those with PTSD and spinal injuries. |
| Helping those with disabilities and their friends experience the joy and freedom of scuba diving. The aim of the Trust is to provide a level playing field by arranging training and obtaining funding to subsidise applicants who, due to disability, encounter difficulty in finding suitable instruction and who may face a greater outlay for training and recreational diving after certification. It has now grown into one of the UK’s leading dive organisations to help individuals with disabilities learn to scuba dive. |
| During her first scuba-diving trip, Sakuko Kato, 36, who has a quadriplegic spinal-cord injury, viewed the rich, varied beauty of the brilliantly colored coral and tropical fish." |
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