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Could a person without the use of their legs become an instructor, i know they could dive, but would they be able to control a group.
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Could a person without the use of their legs become an instructor, i know they could dive, but would they be able to control a group.
I'm sure I read recently of a paraplegic diver becoming an instructor, I'll try and remember where I saw the article.

EDIT here it is Divernet | Diving News | Wheelchair diver reaches highest level

And another Dive Tahiti handi - Aquatica Dive Center - diving PADI in french polynesia

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Fraser Bathgate became the world's first scuba diving instructor to qualify from a wheelchair. Now he devotes himself to helping disabled youngsters around the world learn to dive. Fraser, of Edinburgh, said: "I thought I'd never move freely again but scuba diving let me rediscover everything I lost. "If you're confined to a wheelchair, it is the only way you can enjoy the kind of freedom paralysed people never normally have. "I was determined to be an instructor to give disabled youngsters the same chance. "Climbing was about motivating myself but diving is about motivating others. This is my way of giving something back."

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It becomes even more interesting, Frase Bathgate is now the first paraplegic Course director. Last August Fraser completed his training to become an Instructor Course Director for the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI).

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I'm sure I read recently of a paraplegic diver becoming an instructor, I'll try and remember where I saw the article.

EDIT here it is Divernet | Diving News | Wheelchair diver reaches highest level

And another Dive Tahiti handi - Aquatica Dive Center - diving PADI in french polynesia

Safe diving,
Steve
Here is also another paraplegic instructor in Greece.....
He is an IAHD Pro Trainer, PADI IDC Stuff Instructor & recently become an ANDI SafeAir Technical Instructor, too....!

Actually he is the manager of IAHD's RHQ...
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