Month: March 2020

Boarding boats almost always requires a person with adaptive physical needs to be carried on board.  Wheelchairs are sometimes used on board, but not necessarily. It is an individual matter. Some people need their chair for balance.              The diver and chair can be carried aboard separately. The flat-deck Caribbean-style boats can sometimes be boarded using a …

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By Christine McMahon, Handicapped SCUBA Association reprinted with permission from www.abilities.com Perched precariously on the edge of a tiny, well-worn dive boat off Little Corn Island, Nicaragua, on the western rim of the Caribbean is an unusual place for a person with a disability to find herself. This is a new challenge, I think. Looking into …

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