Approach, Gear Donning, & Modified Front Roll Entry
Adapting diving to certain physical abilities requires specific skills. This educational video sequences the approach, gearing, and entry—from a boat with a dive platform—of a diver with paralysis.
Full-Face Mask with Communications
A full-face diving mask seals the diver’s face from the water and has a second stage regulator built into the mask for underwater breathing.
Full-Face Mask
A full-face diving mask seals the diver’s face from the water and has a second stage regulator built into the mask for underwater breathing.
Facemask With Purge Valves
Face masks with purge valves are very useful for divers with upper extremity impairments who may have difficulty clearing their mask.
TSI’s Founder and President, Michael R Kaufman Received a Special Acknowledgment From Diveheart
Mike created the Needed Scuba Assistance (NSA) protocols and the Adaptive Diver Profile Slate for Adaptive Diver assessments along with the focus on KEY Scuba Skills that you will read about in this manual. Learn more!
TSI Forging Friendships & Lending Support
On August 2, 2020, Pres. and founder of TSI, Michael R. Kaufman and VP, Rosemary Ciotti, reunited with an old friend, Capt. Mick Nealey, founder of Active Disabled Americans, another 501© organization.
The Miami Project – Update
TSI and the world renowned Miami Project-To Cure Paralysis are working together on research plans to explore whether neurological function can be augmented through scuba diving. This is a work in progress requiring further planning, funding and approvals. Stay tuned.
WPGL Local 10 Features Camp Open SEAS 2021
The Experience Is Part Of A Free Program Called Camp Open Seas At The Rainbow Reef Dive Center In Key Largo. The Kids, Ranging In Age From 10 To 16, Have Been Spending The Week Diving And Participating In Reef Cleanups.
Seeing from Below: Scuba Diving and the Regressive Cyborg
This article reimagines scuba diving as a form of ethnographic immersion that allows humans to experience life on earth from an underwater perspective. Read more!
Permanent Mechanical Deformation of an Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Secondary to Scuba Diving: A Case Report
To describe the case of a spinal cord injury patient that went scuba diving resulting in a mechanical deformation of his intrathecal baclofen pump. Read More!