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BENEFITS OF SCUBA DIVING WITH DISABILITIES

THIS WILL VARY FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE BENEFITS ARE WIDE RANGING AND OFTEN LIFE CHANGING. HERE ARE JUST A FEW APART FROM GETTING EXERCISE:

DISABLED DIVERS REPORT THAT SCUBA DIVING GIVES THEM:

  • ENHANCED MOVEMENT - THEY CAN MOVE THEIR LIMBS IN A WAY THEY CAN’T ON LAND

  • A SENSE OF FREEDOM THEY NEVER EXPERIENCED ON LAND

  • RELIEF FROM ANXIETY AND STRESS

  • THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT SCUBA DIVING CAN PLAY A BIG PART IN HELPING VETERANS OVERCOME PTSD

  • A FEELING OF BEING IN CONTROL AGAIN

  • CONFINDENCE

  • EQUALITY WITH ABLE BODIED PEOPLE

  • SELF BELIEF

THE HSA OPEN WATER SCUBA COURSE OFFERED BY FREEDOM ADAPTED SCUBA, HAS 3 COMPONENTS: ACADEMICS, CONFINED OPEN WATER (POOL) AND OPEN WATER

academics and confined water components are tought together, while the open water is taught separately.

academics and confined water requires a minimum of 4 days of training.

the open water is done in 2 days

the entire course can be done either all at once or over a period of several months

freedom adapted scuba will work individually with each student to set a suitable schedule

if a student requires additional training time, it will be provided at no additional cost

An introduction to scuba diving can be done prior o a potential student deciding to take a full scuba diving certification course. Participants in this activity does not put any obligation on the potential student and is a very good way to determine if this sport is for them. This is done free of charge

introduction to scuba diving

advanced open water courses

Freedom adapted scuba offers the HSA advanced Open Water Course to all students after completion of the HSA Open Water course. this is a great opportunity for divers who need assistance to meet many new qualified divers. it is an opportunity to do your first post certification dive in a supervised ENVIRONMENT and contributes greatly to helping people with disabilities stay in diving. The advanced course is an introduction to dive planning, specialty diving, marine life identification and awareness. there is a little bit of classroom work but most of it is self study and diving. it requires 5 dives - navigation, night, deep, mid-water or drift and a marine life identification dive. These can be done back to back or over several months with non-related dives in between.