Jim Elliott has been all over the world helping people with disabilities, but you have to get below the surface to understand his technique."Scuba diving is the most powerful sport for disabled people," he said. "There's no gravity, it's adventurous, and it gives them the chance to say 'Hey, I can do something amazing.' "
Elliott is the founder of the Chicago-based nonprofit Diveheart Foundation, an organization that offers educational scuba diving and snorkeling programs to children, adults and veterans with disabilities. Friday, Elliott brought his mission to Livingston County to work with scuba instructors in Brighton. After a three-day intense training session, which will conclude today, the instructors will be certified to teach people with disabilities how to scuba dive.
"We had a customer that came to us with a leg amputation wanting to get into scuba, and we didn't have the ability to teach him," said Tom Rhoad, vice president of Aquatic Adventures of Michigan in Genoa Township. "We've been looking for a program like this for quite some time."...[LivingstonDaily.com]
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