Discovery outing adapted for underwater terrain
Every year, the Handiversité service organizes a one-day outing tailored to discover an extra-curricular activity. What's on the program for this edition? Scuba diving with the Odyssée diving club in Sète. Immerse yourself in well-being... A video produced by the DSIN of the University of Montpellier.
Seven people took part in the adapted discovery outing organized each year by the Handiversité service. On the morning of June 6, Emma, Anthony, Alice, Jérôme, Mai-Linh, Nicolas, and Vinhson boarded a bus bound for Sète. Thanks to the Odyssée diving club and its vice president Emmanuel Serval, they were able to enjoy their first diving experience. This outing,organized "in a context and environment that they are not used to, is an opportunity to show them that it is accessible to everyone," says Frédéric Achard, head of the Handiversité service.
Wetsuits, fins, regulators, and tanks—the seven students donned the full diving gear. "When you submerge yourself underwater, it brings a sense of well-being, " says Emmanuel Serval . "There's a completely different sense of scale to the body between above and below the water."And in the clear waters of the Mediterranean, everyone, regardless of their disability, took the plunge! "It's an opportunity to do something I've never done before, so I said to myself: well, let's go! Let's go! We have to do it," says Alice, who, like her six classmates, obtained an underwater biology pass after receiving training in underwater environmental awareness.