Diveheart founder and president Jim Elliott was recognized as a distinguished alumni by the College of Dupage where he graduated as a journalism major in 1979. Elliott's experience at COD led him to Northern Illinois University where he graduated as a news editoral/ public relations...
Download the PDF A simple truth guides the work of Diveheart, an Illinois-based nonprofit group whose mission is to help disabled individuals through scuba diving: We’re all equal under the water. It’s more than a moral truth; it’s a scientific truth, according to Jim Elliott, Diveheart’s founder...
By Nancy Klingener - Aug 18, 2016 WLRN Miami/S. Florida Gabriel Spataro was instrumental in placing an Italian statue, cast from the same mold as Genoa's Christ of the Abyss, in the waters off Key Largo. That was in 1965. Recently Spataro revisited the statue, which is locally...
At first glance, scuba diving may seem a surprising therapy for people with severe cognitive and physical disorders. But as Jim Elliott, founder of the non-profit Diveheart knows, diving can be a potent treatment. Participants find they not only experience freedom from the obstacles they...
by Travis Marshall, ScubaDiving.com18 August 2016 Jim Elliott of Diveheart | Disabled Scuba Diver Advocate Jim Elliott spent a lot of time in Veterans Administration hospitals, growing up the son of a disabled veteran. Then his oldest daughter was born blind, which inspired him to become a...
Diveheart Diving for the Disabled presentation and demonstration at the TWI facility in Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Download the PDF DiveLog Magazine's website...
The Diveheart team is featured in the Emirates Diving Association EDA Magazine June 2016 issue on the Diveheart Scuba Experience program with Kids Scuba held at the TWI facility in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The team was introducing Persons With Disabilities (PWD) to commercial diving opportunities...
(April 25, 2016) Chicago's Relevant Radio interviews Diveheart founder Jim Elliott....
Tinamarie Hernandez Introduces People with Disabilities to Underwater World of Scuba Diving It takes an extraordinary type of scuba diver to safely accompany someone with a physical or cognitive disability underwater for an extended period of time. Chicago's Tinarmarie Hernandez is one of those rare scuba enthusiasts...
Malaysia TV1, Morning Talkshow "Selamat Pagi Malaysia" featuring the In pool scuba Tryouts with the DiveHeart Team, Kids Scuba Dive Team and People With Disability PWD held at the TWI Diving Center with Jim Elliot, Tinamarie Hernandez, Emma Tosh & Charles Rowe and Mr Roo...