CHRIS MCCOLLUM
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My son has Aspergers and has not been a strong swimmer. I found that it was because the cheapy Amazon mask that kept letting in water. Due to the Asperger, he gets overwhelmed quickly with too much stimuli that he hasn't been able to master or at least come to terms with. Water up the nose triggers him quickly. The ill-fitting mask makes it almost impossible.
I took him to a local Dallas dive shop and got us all fitted with high quality masks. The very next swim, he was doing underwater backflips and diving to the 6' deep end bottom of the pool! Couldn't do that if he tried before the mask.
My parents bought him tickets to do the indoor skydiving thing at iFly. I thought..there's no way this will happed without him becoming over-stimulated. His instructor and I kept a close eye...he freakin LOVED it and was hyper-focused and very very relaxed. The flight instructor said he was one of the better new kid aged fliers he's had.
I thought about what other things may be out there that would allow him to focus so comfortably like that while having very little other stimuli.
Do y'all think that scuba would be good for something like that? I've find almost no info on Aspies and scuba diving. After he builds more confidence and swimming skill, we will start with snorkeling in a friend's pool. I want him to get comfortable with his face in the water for a longer period of time.
Then scuba?
I took him to a local Dallas dive shop and got us all fitted with high quality masks. The very next swim, he was doing underwater backflips and diving to the 6' deep end bottom of the pool! Couldn't do that if he tried before the mask.
My parents bought him tickets to do the indoor skydiving thing at iFly. I thought..there's no way this will happed without him becoming over-stimulated. His instructor and I kept a close eye...he freakin LOVED it and was hyper-focused and very very relaxed. The flight instructor said he was one of the better new kid aged fliers he's had.
I thought about what other things may be out there that would allow him to focus so comfortably like that while having very little other stimuli.
Do y'all think that scuba would be good for something like that? I've find almost no info on Aspies and scuba diving. After he builds more confidence and swimming skill, we will start with snorkeling in a friend's pool. I want him to get comfortable with his face in the water for a longer period of time.
Then scuba?