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Being in a wheelchair for 23+ years...I don't really care what I am called. It is just a reference to what has happened to me...not to who I am. I do like DwD (Divers with Disabilites) though. Has a nice ring to it. I also like the old standby's...Gimp and Cripple which is what my friends...

I'm a paraplegic diver and was turned on to these (Chill Cheater - Catalogue) a while back since the webbed gloves I had (5mm) were really hard to deal with. I see now that they also have these... Chill Cheater - Catalogue. I do not have a pair of either so I cannot tell you if they are any...

Just got back from Cozumel. What a great trip! Beautiful weather and spectacular diving. I didn't get any replies back to this post so after some considerations and a call to www.diveheart.org we decided to go with Aqua Safari for all of our first day of diving in Cozumel. They were...

Does anyone know of any outfits in Cozumel that cater to the disabled? I have contacted a few other groups and they had mentioned Dive Paradise and Aqua Safaris. Any others? Shore or boat although I"m sure boat is easier.

Isn't this what the "Politically Correct" police are doing when they call me a "person with a disability"? The phrase; "person with a disability" ranks up there with "physically challenged". I am not fond of either one so that should make it wrong and offend me but it doesn't because I am a...

WAC, Excellent tips! Thanks. My instructor thought that putting a weight belt on me might be beneficial as you point out. What type of weights do you use? Is there any type of belt you would recommend? I also thought of belting my legs together (without weights) since I don't use...

Good point. I just wanted to express my point of view since I have 20 years of experience from this view. Diving is my new sport after many years of wheelchair basketball, football, softball, racquetball, tennis, water skiing, snow skiing, trap shooting, ice hockey, floor hockey...

I have a lot to say about this topic but before I do I have one question; Who determines what is "poiltically correct" or not? Did somebody send a survey out to all of the cripples and ask them what they wanted to be called? Does this process renew itself as people either become crippled in...

I'm a newly certified T5-6 para and during our OWC I clocked my wife in her mask three times! It was totally an accident...honest! ;)

Hey Rick! Wish you all the luck in your OW certification. From reading your log it seems to me that you will do just fine. You'll find that you'll be doing most of the stuff in OW that you are doing in the pool. The best part of that is you have already done it and should be familiar and not...

Hi Matt...I've read quite a bit about you on this board and on your website. I've met thousands of individuals will all kinds of disabilities and it sure is great to see you making the best of what most might say is a terrible situation. You remind me of a friend of mine that had a similiar...

:D I had to laugh at this. Too funny.

I never knew those islands existed. Looks like a fantastic place to be!

Thanks for the replies, encouragement and information on sites to get more information. Scuba has been one of the best things I've done since I have been injured almost 20 years ago. It sure has shown me how out of shape I have become! Guess it is time to get back into the gym. In...

Just wondering if there were any disabled/handicapped divers on this forum. I am a T5-6 paraplegic newly certified diver through Deep Blue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and would like to talk to other divers in the same boat (pun intended!) to maybe gain some knowledge from their experiences.