Yup! Quite satisfied. Honestly thought the discussion stopped at comment #34.You asked for advice on tank straps and you received it
No I didn't. @Marie13 did. She asked me why I insisted I didn't want to lift the BC. Then I answered her it's because of my disabilities. What else should I have said instead when she asked?You then expanded the discussion with a vague indication of a disability.
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I get it that disabilities are a private matter and we do not have any right to know that info, but you started the discussion and took it well beyond the original question you posed.
Nope I don't know why you guys keep going on and on about my disabilities. It's normal, guys, MANY divers, pro, tec, and rec, are disabled. There's no reason why you should be playing a guessing game here. I said I had bad wrists, bad enough to not enjoy picking up BCs even though I can still do it. Why do you think I expect you to guess why my wrists are bad? I've given you all the relevant information about my questions.You have yet to disclose what that disability actually is but expect people to continue to play guessing games with you as the discussion continues.
Zef, many dive pros and non pros have discouraged me for years from taking the Rescue course.You reject the notion from dive professionals and others with experience that perhaps going pro is not compatible with your disability
And many dive pros and non pros have also encouraged me to do it.
I finally did RAID Master Rescue with the toughest, most prestigious RAID school in the region. And aced it (for the most part ^^).
It was my RAID Master Rescue Instructors who encouraged me to go down the DM route. My eco diving instructors strongly nudge me toward the same direction. Anyone diving with me within the last 50 dives and talked with me about this stuff, expresses zero doubt about me going pro. Strangely, now everyone in real life is all extremely enthusiastic about it (which is a problem on its own. perhaps that's why I'm here on SB for the much-needed criticism/reality check/different perspectives) and does everything to show me the rope.
I don't fully trust their judgment, of course. I must carefully consider my own limitations. I value my life! I have a soon-to-be-diving kid. I tend to be very conservative in planning.
That's just common courtesy and respect, not what I said.You state that we (the community at large) should consider/trust that people with disabilities know their limits and we should respect that....
You have hinted/stated more than once that folks should phrase their questions differently or ask certain questions as if the onus is on us to flesh out what your limitations are....that is a bit disingenuous and frustrating.
Yes the onus is on you to be respectful. You've been a bit too nosy about my disabilities (I said I didn't want to lift BC or tank, you guys insisted to know why, i said I had bad wrists, you guys then insisted I should have mentioned my health issues from the first place, then you guys go on and on to ask very probing and disrespectful questions about my health issues).
I spelled out my limitation in the first place: no lifting anything! Hate lifting! And then who ignored that bit of information? And who should be frustrated here for having to repeat herself over and over again?
1. You don't know thatyou perhaps are missing the point that we have put forth and that is that it is not your limits that are a concern it is the demands of the role...
2. I don't know that it's not true either
3. So why don't we keep asking questions to find out and help one another?
4. This is why I ask dive pros I dive with... and why I keep this conversation going with you all, to learn all different aspects and demands of the role to make sure as close to 100% as possible that I only do the DM course when I'm ready.
5. Like I've mentioned, the common opinion of those dive pros is I should go for it.
6. We're talking about pros from many non-PADI agencies, including RAID, NAUI, IANTD, and TDI. SSI too, but that doesn't count for you huh?
well it's irrelevant to my questions mostly, so I *really* don't understand why you guys keep going on and on about my disabilities. You guys kept asking very personal question, most of them were rather ableist. I could choose to either ignore and focus on my questins about cambands. But since I do a lot of raising awareness work professionally, if people are curious about diving/being dive pros while disabled, perhaps I can explore it with them. Your comments are frankly very ableist and contain TONS of assumptions and prejudice against PWD. But then if disabled divers like me never speak up, you'll probably never go out of your way to find out about our experiences. So you asked, so I shared.no one can really evaluate, in the context of this discussion thread, whether you fully understand the demands of the role of a dive pro in relationship to your disability because you keep talking around your disability.
Back to the issue you raised, well, then list the demands of the role so I can see if there's a way to successfully achieve them. You guys have done so with a few, and I've responded with how I'd handle it. Then you guys ignored my responses.