1. Teaching an adaptive diver without special training and certification to do so is like an instructor who is not specifically trained to teach cave diving teaching cave diving. You don't know what you don't know.
2. The Handicapped SCUBA Association International (HSA) (located in 45 countries) is the original adaptive SCUBA certification organization that was formed with the assistance of NAUI and PADI specifically to certify adaptive divers and instructors and dive budies.
3. I am an HSA instructor, one of many in the Southern California area, and I have trained paraplegics, quadriplegics, double above the knee amputee and blind students. I am in the Long Beach CA are. My current class is 3 quadriplegics a paraplegic and 4 traumatic brain injured/PTSD veterans. Please feel free to contact me off line.
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2. The Handicapped SCUBA Association International (HSA) (located in 45 countries) is the original adaptive SCUBA certification organization that was formed with the assistance of NAUI and PADI specifically to certify adaptive divers and instructors and dive budies.
3. I am an HSA instructor, one of many in the Southern California area, and I have trained paraplegics, quadriplegics, double above the knee amputee and blind students. I am in the Long Beach CA are. My current class is 3 quadriplegics a paraplegic and 4 traumatic brain injured/PTSD veterans. Please feel free to contact me off line.
---------- Post added April 13th, 2012 at 07:03 PM ----------
Challenging yes, but this can be solved.
why would you want to do this? NAUI and HSA no longer do this skill.
- OK, I assume you are talking about an air2. Move it to the other side (right side) or don't use an air2. If you are talking about something else octopus for example we will work it out.
- HSA certifies at 3 levels of certificaiton depending on demonstrated abilities. Levels A and B are esentially unrestricted, level C requires a specially trained dive buddy as they must do things for the diver like clear the divers mask, ears, control buoyancy etc.
