Illinois School of the Visually Impaired on Diveheart
November 15, 2014
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Telemundo TV 52 Diveheart in So Cal
November 10, 2014
Diveheart offers scuba diving opportunities for individuals with disabilities
November 8, 2014
From the basics of cleanliness to soaking in hot tubs to alleviate aches, water has been known to have soothing, healing properties. But for scuba divers at Downers Grove-based Diveheart, water has a much deeper significance. The nonprofit organization, which does not charge a fee to...
Diveheart Brings Disabled Diver Training to San Francisco
October 23, 2014
On Thursday, October 16, Diveheart held a fundraising event at the beautiful Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco. Founder Jim Elliott, Executive Director Tinamarie Hernandez, and many other volunteers from the Diveheart organization came to San Francisco to raise funding for their training programs, and to introduce their...
Jim Elliott – “Making A Difference”
October 14, 2014
ACTOR & SECOND CITY COMEDY VETERAN Brendan Sullivan (rt) joined Northern Star Alumni President Elect Kevin Sheldon (cntr) and Diveheart president Jim Elliott October 10th, along with dozens of reporters, authors & media executives from around the country to present awards for "Innovation" ( Sullivan's...
WGN TV MEDICAL WATCH ON AUTISM
September 26, 2014
ABC TV MIAMI FEATURE ON DIVEHEART
September 14, 2014
Diveheart provides thrills for disabled
August 19, 2014
Diveheart — founded in 2001 by Chicago media executive Jim Elliott to train people with all sorts of disabilities to become scuba divers — has expanded its operation to South Florida in the past several years. Wilhelmina “Willie” Stanton, 31, of Lantana — a divemaster,...
Raising Awareness for Adapted Scuba: A Case Report
June 19, 2014
View or Download the Report (PDF) A case study was done by Mark Cole and Rachel Smith, at Western Illinois University, to demonstrate how implementing an adapted scuba program can contribute to just, usable, sustainable,and transformational disability awareness programming in communities. This study was done with Diveheart...
Autism/Scuba Therapy Research Unveiled At International Adaptive Scuba Symposium
May 28, 2014
Researchers, scuba instructors, therapists and individuals with disabilities gathered Friday February 14th during an International Adaptive Scuba Symposium hosted by the Midwest's Largest consumer dive show Our World Underwater and Diveheart. Autism & scuba therapy research conducted by Midwestern University was featured during the symposium....