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What do Diveheart Scuba Experience Programs around the world have in common? Smiles... The weekends programs in Elgin Illinois and Palm Beach Country Florida allowed participants with autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, spinal cord injuries and other special needs to "Imagine the...

Diveheart Malaysia with Our PWD Scuba students, Basri & Rizal from University Malaya Featured in NST New Sunday Times Daily page 12, September 25,2016. A special Program with the University of Malaya Medical Centre in training the PWD. Imagine the Possibilities.

Diveheart Malaysia and Kids Scuba making waves at MIDE 2016. Emirates Diving Association EDA Magazine September Issue featuring Diveheart Malaysia was given the Opportunity to Showcase the People with Disabilities PWD Scuba Diving Program...

Empathy training, practicing transfer techniques and full face mask orientation are all part of the Diveheart Adaptive Instructor and Buddy program that Instructors are now undertaking in Utila at the Bay Island College of Diving. After on line, land and water skills training the team will get...

FREE UTILA DIVE TRIP WITH DIVEHEART.... That's Right, Thanks to our friends at Utila Dive Lodge ONE Certified Adaptive Diver can join Diveheart September 3-10th 2016 for FREE. Trip includes diving, lodging and meals ( Air is NOT included ) This is a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE OFFER. You must be a...

Let's congratulate Allen Scarpetti for becoming Diveheart's newest Adaptive Diver this week in Cozumel Mexico. Allen couldn't have done it without his highly trained Diveheart Adaptive Instructor team and Diveheart trained staff at Dive Paradise, the largest dive operation in Cozumel. Thank you...

Can People With Disabilities Become Commercial Divers??? Stay Tuned...With the Help of Diveheart & Kids Scuba Malaysia, the Answer is YES....

The CNN "Great Big Story" Film Crew joined the Diveheart & Rainbow Reef team this week in Key Largo Florida to cover the Pain Relief and Quality of Life aspects of Scuba Therapy. Stay Tuned... +3

Welcome Diveheart Florida Friends, Carly, Gretchen & Brian came to visit our team to town recently during a Diveheart Scuba Experience at Buehler YMCA in Palatine Illinois!! It was fun showing our Florida friends how we dive in IL Come back soon!!

Thanks to everyone who made Saturday's Diveheart Picnic at Peal Lake in South Beloit Illinois a Huge success. Divers of All Abilities came together to celebrate the incredible weather and share Friendship, Food and their love for diving. We hope you can join Diveheart for our final picnic open...

YOU can help us make the next 15 years Amazing for children, veterans and people of ALL abilities. HOW? Sharing the Vision through this TED TALK https://www.facebook.com/photo.php… And recruiting support through GIVING BACK Donate - Diveheart Thanks for helping to get us here. Together we'll do...

In ONE WORD sum up your first Scuba Experience with Diveheart.... Unanimously the word is FREEDOM. July events around the country brought SMILES to many faces...THANK YOU DIVEHEART VOLUNTEERS, DONORS & FRIENDS for making it all possible

Why are Scuba Instructors AFRAID to work with Adaptive Divers? ( people with disabilities). At Diveheart we've discovered that Lack of EXPERIENCE is the #1 reason. Which is why Diveheart requires experience thresholds in its Adaptive Training program. If you want REAL experience, train with...

This Independence Day we celebrate Freedom Beneath The Waves with Diveheart Adaptive Diver J2. It's Diveheart's 15th Anniversary and we're looking back at all the stories of Hope and Healing. Here's J2's 1st boat dive and here's a short film and testimonial about his Life Changing Diveheart...

It's Impossible to teach an Adaptive Dive Course to Scuba Instructors in 3 Days. The Diveheart Adaptive Training program has twenty hours of waterwork alone. Check out the Difference http://diveheart.org/training/get-started/

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This Fathers Day we hope you'll remember all the devoted fathers who are raising children with special needs. At Diveheart our goal is to bring families together in Zero Gravity underwater where fathers and their children can participate as equals. Today and Everyday Diveheart Salutes You...

Want to be a Diveheart Ambassador? John Magruder is one and he's always sending us Awesome photos of his adventures from around the world while sharing the Diveheart mission and vision with others. Recently in Curacao he ran into some old friends we trained at the Dive Bus. We had no idea how...

Guess what the Largest Minority in the World is...People With Disabilities. Zero Gravity underwater is the great equalizer. You can help Diveheart introduce "Freedom" to this minority by sharing our vision of Hope and Healing

Freedom as we know is not free. At Diveheart we train veterans to help their brothers and sisters now with disabilities adapt to their New Normal. The GI Bill pays for this training. Veterans & active military men and women who want to help Veterans with disabilities through Scuba Therapy should...