This is a NAUI recognition program that provides diving credentials
to persons with disabilities whose disability prevents them from
achieving all of the skills required for certification by NAUI
standards.
• NAUI Guidelines for Evaluating Individuals with Disabilities.
NAUI seeks to be in compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). While NAUI itself is not a public
accommodation as defined by Title III of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12182 (a); the instructional
goods and services rendered by NAUI members are a public
accommodation and subject to the American with Disabilities
Act. The ADA requires that reasonable accommodations must be
made for disabled students, if the student does not pose a direct
threat to others, and making the accommodation would not
fundamentally change or alter the services that are rendered. The
following statement only applies to individuals with disability(ies)
seeking diver training or supervision.
The Adaptive Scuba Diver recognition provides evidence of
training completed, as well as informing those with whom the
Adaptive Scuba Diver may dive of those skills that the diver has
been unable to independently accomplish. The Adaptive Scuba
Diver credential package (available from NAUI) provides specific
and individualized information about the holder’s capabilities,
limitations, and qualifications to dive partners and dive operators
in advance of a dive so that special accommodations or assistance
can be made available if needed.
Active-status instructors, divemasters, skin diving instructors (with
scuba certification), and assistant instructors (while being overseen
by an active-status instructor) shall supervise Adaptive Scuba Divers
whose credentials indicate the need for leadership supervision.
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered
competent to engage in open water diving activities without
supervision, provided the diving activities and the areas dived
approximate those of training provided that they have any assistance
that may be indicated in their credentials.
to persons with disabilities whose disability prevents them from
achieving all of the skills required for certification by NAUI
standards.
• NAUI Guidelines for Evaluating Individuals with Disabilities.
NAUI seeks to be in compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). While NAUI itself is not a public
accommodation as defined by Title III of the Americans
with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12182 (a); the instructional
goods and services rendered by NAUI members are a public
accommodation and subject to the American with Disabilities
Act. The ADA requires that reasonable accommodations must be
made for disabled students, if the student does not pose a direct
threat to others, and making the accommodation would not
fundamentally change or alter the services that are rendered. The
following statement only applies to individuals with disability(ies)
seeking diver training or supervision.
The Adaptive Scuba Diver recognition provides evidence of
training completed, as well as informing those with whom the
Adaptive Scuba Diver may dive of those skills that the diver has
been unable to independently accomplish. The Adaptive Scuba
Diver credential package (available from NAUI) provides specific
and individualized information about the holder’s capabilities,
limitations, and qualifications to dive partners and dive operators
in advance of a dive so that special accommodations or assistance
can be made available if needed.
Active-status instructors, divemasters, skin diving instructors (with
scuba certification), and assistant instructors (while being overseen
by an active-status instructor) shall supervise Adaptive Scuba Divers
whose credentials indicate the need for leadership supervision.
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered
competent to engage in open water diving activities without
supervision, provided the diving activities and the areas dived
approximate those of training provided that they have any assistance
that may be indicated in their credentials.
