scottl@sybase.sysbase.com (Scott Luebking) (01/05/90)
Index Number: 6033
I used to scuba dive in college after my accident and was interested
in getting back into it. Does anyone have recommendations of people I
could contact who could offer some advice?
Thanks,
Scott
(415) 548-2520
Scott Luebking
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Index Number: 6191 > I used to scuba dive in college after my accident and was interested > in getting back into it. Does anyone have recommendations of people I > could contact who could offer some advice? Hi Scott! I am an Open Water Instructor with several specialty certifications. One of my primary areas of interest is the development of a practical system for the instruction of handicapped divers. I have taught basic techniques to the sight impaired, hearing impaired, and have also worked with paraplegics. I have only had the opportunity to dive with two quadraplegics, but the experience was vastly rewarding and I would like to get involved. If you have any questions, you are free to call me at (619) 564-4159. That is my BBS line. Leave me a message, or I will try to get with you this week sometime. I live in the Palm Springs Area... but have great knowledge of the Bay Area and the Sonoma Coastline. I used to teach up there! Stay in touch! Ron # Origin: [The Hawk's Nest - LaQuinta, CA] (8:911/302) -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!10!8!Ronald.L..Lahti) Internet: Ronald.L..Lahti@f8.n10.z1.fidonet.org
PANDORA.NIGH@f532.n157.z1.fidonet.org (PANDORA NIGH) (01/12/90)
Index Number: 6194
Hi Scott, there used to be a disabled divers national organization, but
I'm not sure what happened to it. I had an address for them last year and
tried contacting them and got no response. I even tried a long distance
phone call to no avail. I don't know if it has been disbanded or just that I
received a bad address. Recently I received a 1990 list of sport
organizations for the disabled and they were not listed at all. Barring find
instructors and facilities in your area from the national the only
suggestion I can make is to call around to your local dive shops and YMCA's.
Another place to try if they can't help you is your local police or fire
dept. In the Cleveland area they have a police officer and a fireman that
are certified instructors and they give special classes for the disabled,
maybe someone in your area is doing the same. Of course making the calls and
inquiring may spark someone into starting a program in your area if one
doesn't already exist.
Pandora
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Internet: PANDORA.NIGH@f532.n157.z1.fidonet.orgRon.Rothenberg@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Ron Rothenberg) (01/12/90)
Index Number: 6198
SL> From: scottl@sybase.sysbase.com (Scott Luebking)
SL> Message-ID: <9349@bunker.UUCP>
SL> I used to scuba dive in college after my accident and was
SL> interested in getting back into it. Does anyone have
Hi Scott,
There was an article on para or quad scuba diving in last summer's
Accent on Living Magazine. I don't have it available right here, but
if you don't get any contracts from the thousands of scuba divers who
lurk on this echo. . .
-rsr-
... There is no fate that can not be surmounted by scorn - A. Camus
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