Accessible SCUBA Diving
The world of disabled diving, more correctly called accessible SCUBA diving, is thriving due to highly-popular accessible scuba lessons offered in cities throughout the country. People with disabilities can dive easily using adaptive equipment designed to support their needs, and dive trips and scuba diving tours are now a highly popular adaptive recreation vacations. These organizations can help you get started.
Organizations
Adaptive Scuba is a training philosophy that addresses the specific needs of a disabled individual, trains to that specific disability, and then prepares that individual to dive with mainstream Open Water Divers.
Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba
Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba (SUDS) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Bethesda Naval Hospital is designed to help improve the lives of injured soldiers returning from Iraq & Afghanistan. By training the soldiers in a challenging & rewarding activity it can help facilitate the rehabilitation process & promote mobility.
