Robert Ainsley-Raffel of Hexham, UK, has been blind since birth. But he's determined to achieve the goals that he's set for his life, including becoming a qualified plumber and a certified diver:
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Robert passed his dive theory test with a flying 100% mark and is now looking forward to his first open water dives en route to a full Ocean Diver qualification.
Robert – who takes a white stick under water with him, saying that “it stops me banging my head” – is undaunted by his disability. He says: “I haven’t got a problem being blind – it’s other people that aren’t prepared to step outside the box and find a way around problems that I have the biggest trouble working with.”
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I'm not diving with a stick, and my body diver tells me what ever I need to know, like air, depth, time...
I am interested to know how he measures his oxygen, whether a buddy can signal him if the buddy is in distress, and how he assembles his gear. And how he communicates with other divers underwater. I've been NAUI certified for ten years, I think it's wonderful that the sport is expanding to include more prospective divers.