Creating The Current

By Iris Ring, Technical Writer, PADI Americas

Production of Make A Hero’s latest film project, The Current, heats up this quarter. Make A Hero, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is producing the film to raise awareness of people with physical disabilities and illustrate the positive effects of movement through the ocean current on the psyche.

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The Great Equalizer: Bringing Diving To People With Disabilities

By Julie Taylor Sanders, International Training Executive, PADI Worldwide

For some, scuba diving’s healing effects run deep.  Many people have experienced diving’s widely known positive effects, which are supported anecdotally and through science, as documented in past issues of The Undersea Journal…

In the US, PADI Course Director and Physical Therapist Scott Taylor has years of experience working with people with physical challenges. Driven by imagination and passion to succeed, Taylor developed adaptive techniques by trial and error.
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Cody Unser Talks SCUBA on CBS with Sanjay Gupta

 

A-1 Scuba's HSA Program in Denver

 

SUDS - Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba

Hope for Heroes - Amputee vets regain confidence underwater.

 

 

Adaptive Diving Helps Change Lives

This is a wonderful piece about adaptive diving that aired on the Today show.

 

 

Cody Unser and Several Disabled Veterans
Dive in the Downtown Aquarium

On Saturday July 5, Cody Unser, of the legendary Unser racing team family, showed disabled veterans that scuba diving is accessible for people of all abilities, during her visit to the Mile HIGH City for the National Veterans Wheelchair games. Unser, paralyzed due to Transverse Myelitis, has been an honorary member of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) since 2008. Cody and eight disabled veterans, joined the team of A-1 Scuba and Travel Center to dive in the Downtown Aquarium. One veteran commented, “I became a diver after my injury because I knew it would provide an incredible amount of freedom and enjoyment. Your program is by far the best of the best!”

 

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