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On June 19th Free-Daptive divers, along with the Prior Lake Association and A Divers World conducted a lake clean up event in Prior Lake. Just look at the results!!!

Congratulations to Lara Youngquist, Lloyd Winfield, Dana Huseth, and Beth Hulteng for completing the Twin Cities’ most recent HSA Dive Buddy Course.  Held at Square Lake over the span of two weekends in August, the course helped these brave divers earn the right to safely accompany others underwater who have special needs.

On Friday May 1 st , FREE-DAPTIVE Divers  kicked-off their 2020 grant program by awarding training grants to Aaron Cross and Lara Youngquist. Each was well deserved and FDD is honored that they applied for the grants and proud to be able to help them make the next steps in their diving.  Aaron has decided to

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

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