A Briton who became the world’s first paraplegic diving instructor before teaching diving as therapy to others with disabilities has received a key American diving industry honour.
Fraser Bathgate, who runs the Edinburgh-based Deptherapy rehabilitation programme for war-injured and other types of disabled diver, has been inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, administered by the USA’s Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA).
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Champion of disabled scuba honoured
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