Skydivers with Disabilities

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502 topics in this forum

1. 1st paraplegic solo jump in New Zealand  

   By Distabled, July 12, 2009
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   • SCR216
   • December 5, 2009

2. 420 lbs and feeling the need to jump  

   By TheOneBigMike, July 29, 2010
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   • Meso
   • August 5, 2010

3. Not allowed to do AFF in the UK - help please...  

   By RossDagley, April 7, 2005
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   • NickDG
   • April 26, 2005

4. jumpers with epilepsy--  

   By pope, July 8, 2005
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   • spectrefish
   • March 19, 2010

5. Deaf .. CI User .. Advise for freefall  

   By cjg, November 4, 2011
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   • rawry45
   • September 12, 2013

6. Attention.... Deaf Skydivers.... Deaf World Record 2005 Registration (Oct 12th-16th, CASA Boogie too, Florida Skydive Center)  

   By mdrejhon, October 2, 2005
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   • flyangel2
   • October 12, 2005

7. Acetabulum (Left hip joint) fracture  

   By pandamonium, July 12, 2012
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   • Periapt
   • November 20, 2012

8. back in the air - paraplegic solo skydive  

   By Susanne_S, August 6, 2013
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   • pookieland
   • August 27, 2013

9. Jumping With Cerebral Palsy....?  

   By RALFFERS, March 22, 2007
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   • squarecanopy
   • September 11, 2007

10. Remove/keep hardware.  

    By d123, March 27, 2008
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    • Brains
    • October 12, 2009

11. crapped out protecting knee with missing ACL  

    By GentleTiger, March 22, 2004
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    • baa75
    • May 10, 2004

12. Tandem dive for a guy with ALS in the Kansas City area?  

    By k8fan, March 9, 2009
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    • jumpnjoecutaway
    • May 12, 2009

13. This man made me smile...  

    By EricTheRed, July 26, 2004
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    • nate_1979
    • October 9, 2004

14. 2 UCK"ING GREAT SOLO DIVE'S  

    By pookieland, December 26, 2009
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    • pookieland
    • January 28, 2010

15. gimpboogie goes "old school"  

    By gimpboogie, January 24, 2010
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    • LadyDoc
    • March 1, 2010

16. Hello everyone, i was wondering if you could help  

    By liebenberg, September 13, 2010
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    • Galenis
    • September 16, 2010

17. Diabetic (Tandem Jump)  

    By rpicking, May 16, 2012
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    • CazmoDee
    • July 13, 2013

18. I did my first tandem  

    By wheelchairmommy, October 23, 2012
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    • gimpboogie
    • January 2, 2013

19. My AFF  

    By onearmed-bandit, October 16, 2013
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    • Kalrigan
    • October 24, 2013

20. Guide Dogs for the Blind/Deaf  

    By AntonKC, August 3, 2006
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    • Guest 1010
    • December 9, 2006

21. Who was the first  

    By Glitch, February 20, 2014
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    • princeleonardo
    • June 8, 2014

22. Dislocated shoulder - tandem?  

    By heb5, March 21, 2014
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    • Lazarus_762
    • June 4, 2014

23. Advice on removal of nail/rod from leg?  

    By repcool, July 15, 2007
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    • Andy9o8
    • October 21, 2011

24. A jump fail / compensating for disability  

    By GuyEgan77, June 22, 2016
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    • pchapman
    • September 15, 2016

25. Sign Language and hurting hands  

    By skydivermom, November 13, 2007
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    • BillyVance
    • November 28, 2007

26. Diabetic skydiver - should I?  

    By beginnerr, June 8, 2008
    • 11 replies
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    • robskydiv
    • August 30, 2008

27. amputee wanting to skydive  

    By youngandlegless, October 11, 2017
    • 11 replies
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    • shortblondemark
    • December 5, 2017

28. I want to Tandem jump in CA with a SCI  

    By klm, March 13, 2009
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    • KeithMeller
    • April 11, 2009

29. Pics from the weekend  

    By Distabled, June 1, 2009
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    • JohnDeere
    • June 18, 2009

30. Seizure disorders?  

    By Sped, July 13, 2004
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    • peregrinerose
    • September 21, 2004

31. Canopy Size and Type/Deployment Design  

    By PROGRESSIVE, June 1, 2021
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    • dudeman17
    • June 3, 2021

32. HOLY MOLY! My quadriplegic sister just made a Tandem  

    By CrazyRick, October 11, 2004
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    • bobsoutar
    • November 12, 2004

33. Gimps in Zhills, come out to try new techniques & learn what ever I can  

    By gimpboogie, December 24, 2010
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    • gimpboogie
    • January 7, 2011

34. Skydiving assistive device/mechanism  

    By morales, January 13, 2011
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    • cptchaos
    • January 28, 2012

35. HELP with Para with leg braces out of a C182 narrow body  

    By splat200, February 10, 2011
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    • cptchaos
    • July 8, 2011

36. quad wants to skydive in PA....need advice!  

    By crazin, June 17, 2005
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    • Odin
    • June 30, 2005

37. <---- Team Dumb Ass  

    By pookieland, June 25, 2011
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    • warpedskydiver
    • October 11, 2011

38. Skydivers missing upper limbs  

    By jessicamarie, September 17, 2012
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    • mx757
    • September 28, 2012

39. Doctors info  

    By ksudiver87, January 7, 2013
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    • ksudiver87
    • January 8, 2013

40. aff  

    By onearmed-bandit, January 9, 2013
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    • mx757
    • January 13, 2013

41. Daniel Fairchild-1 of 3 paralyzed skydivers in the world who jump unassisted in 2000 who were the other 2?  

    By gimpboogie, August 23, 2013
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    • cptchaos
    • October 3, 2013

42. paraplegic skydiver  

    By cptchaos, July 7, 2006
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    • wmw999
    • December 12, 2006

43. Mental Disabilities  

    By MiraCheskis, April 9, 2007
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    • boffin
    • October 15, 2007

44. Diabetic skydivers wanted  

    By pozdroszejset, April 26, 2015
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    • JimmyDurden
    • February 13, 2019

45. New Deaf Skydiver  

    By ciscobird, January 24, 2008
    • 10 replies
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    • goesky
    • March 5, 2008

46. Congratulations John Woo  

    By BillyVance, April 25, 2008
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    • skycurlycat
    • April 30, 2008

47. Blind Skydivers  

    By SpeedPhreak, October 31, 2008
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    • mrdiko
    • September 17, 2010

48. Gagging to do AFF but few issues? Any advice on Landings?  

    By ashworthy2k, December 14, 2008
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    • teamshred
    • February 4, 2009

49. tandem with a heart transplant  

    By slim_shady, September 10, 2009
    • 9 replies
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    • xtravrtsoul
    • September 30, 2009

50. reflex sympathetic dystrophy of face  

    By soilman, July 27, 2004
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    • BillyVance
    • November 5, 2004

51. Jumping with Bad Cervical Problems  

    By warpedskydiver, November 19, 2009
    • 9 replies
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    • warpedskydiver
    • November 25, 2009

52. Paraplegic AFF  

    By Tonto, September 9, 2004
    • 9 replies
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    • humanflite
    • May 22, 2009

53. Gimpboogie goes to a tunnel camp to do some RW(or try to anyways)  

    By gimpboogie, January 27, 2010
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    • gimpboogie
    • June 26, 2010

54. Backflying attempt #1 (that revealed my broken knee brace)  

    By gimpboogie, October 11, 2010
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    • gimpboogie
    • October 19, 2010

55. Congratulations are in order for Deaf skydiver Mike Sweet  

    By BillyVance, April 25, 2005
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    • mdrejhon
    • March 4, 2006

56. Amputation Lower Left Leg  

    By NeilRobertson, April 26, 2005
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    • NeilRobertson
    • June 3, 2005

57. T-4 Complete Para  

    By iluvjovi, May 2, 2005
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    • pBASEtobe
    • June 2, 2005

58. Disabled right arm  

    By cengelbrecht, July 15, 2005
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    • cengelbrecht
    • July 20, 2005

59. Upper Amputation  

    By computerdoc, September 12, 2011
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    • skyrider
    • January 27, 2012

60. paraplegic at nationals 2011  

    By packing_jarrett, November 1, 2011
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    • PiLFy
    • November 6, 2011

61. twisted lines  

    By onearmed-bandit, January 3, 2013
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    • andym148
    • June 26, 2014

62. Jumping with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)  

    By BendyB, October 5, 2013
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    • midgetbmxer
    • October 18, 2015

63. Quadriplegic 1st Skydiving Jump Video Link  

    By SuperCrip, September 6, 2007
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    • flyawaygirl78
    • January 4, 2008

64. Loss of left hand but wanting to jump?!?!  

    By Bandit589, October 2, 2007
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    • ZigZagMarquis
    • October 26, 2007

65. Landing on your butt?? Is this possible?  

    By ashworthy2k, December 11, 2007
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    • Trae
    • May 27, 2008

66. Going left side thrown BOC  

    By tharshman, September 14, 2017
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    • tkhayes
    • September 17, 2017

67. Helping accept amputation  

    By kittikat, February 9, 2008
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    • Turtletop
    • March 18, 2008

68. disabled skydiver world record?  

    By Scottyb, April 9, 2004
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    • jkwskydive
    • April 20, 2004

69. General Anxiety, prescribed xanax- need input  

    By Peaches87, March 24, 2009
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    • Bodhisattva420
    • April 7, 2009

70. Muscular Dystrophy  

    By tafarezz, July 27, 2004
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    • Luv2Fall
    • August 23, 2004

71. Quadriplegic 1st time skydiving!  

    By SuperCrip, September 24, 2004
    • 8 replies
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    • SuperCrip
    • October 11, 2004

72. Hamburger'd  

    By ImagethisPhoto, December 30, 2004
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    • skydiverek
    • January 3, 2005

73. Beginner & Help  

    By iluvjovi, May 2, 2005
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    • obligaited
    • May 4, 2005

74. SKYDIVING AFTER BADLY BROKEN ANKLE???  

    By ChristineDaffie, March 22, 2011
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    • adventurechick
    • March 23, 2011

75. Subcutaneous emphysema - Has any problem????  

    By xerecats, March 24, 2006
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    • tustinr
    • April 4, 2006

76. Newbie  

    By lefty619, April 23, 2006
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    • warpedskydiver
    • May 6, 2006

77. FS Records  

    By AntonRB, August 14, 2013
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    • AntonRB
    • July 18, 2016

78. News article: Injured Local Soldier Learning To Skydive With Only One Leg  

    By cpoxon, August 23, 2006
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    • warpedskydiver
    • November 10, 2006

79. Need tips for coworker student-now partial amputee 2 continue...?  

    By somethinelse, August 25, 2006
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    • MikeD10834
    • October 29, 2006

80. Can I jump again ? please advise .....  

    By a_aryanpour, January 5, 2007
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    • pirana
    • July 12, 2007

81. 3 way fun  

    By onearmed-bandit, April 1, 2014
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    • PiLFy
    • April 5, 2014

82. Pieces Of Eight  

    By demonstalker1, June 26, 2014
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    • dzswoop717
    • October 17, 2014

83. Solo Jumping  

    By smacke, February 18, 2008
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    • smacke
    • March 22, 2008

84. Hep C and Fatigue  

    By ericber, March 18, 2004
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    • smiles
    • April 6, 2004

85. an FM  

    By kpjumps, April 24, 2004
    • 7 replies
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    • colintri
    • April 27, 2004

86. Question for Deaf Skydivers  

    By scottbre, November 4, 2004
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    • Clite
    • November 5, 2004

87. Tandem with JA (Juvenile Arthritis)  

    By egloskerry, May 22, 2010
    • 7 replies
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    • SJTurner
    • July 14, 2010

88. Lonnie Bissonnette Interview: What Lies Within Us  

    By TizzyLishNinja, July 8, 2010
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    • TizzyLishNinja
    • July 28, 2010

89. Surgery today!  

    By waveoff5500, March 10, 2011
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    • waveoff5500
    • March 15, 2011

90. Diabetic skydivers aka falling blood sugars  

    By ruddman, May 17, 2005
    • 7 replies
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    • skinnyshrek
    • May 25, 2007

91. Skydiving with false teeth?  

    By skydivr78, July 7, 2005
    • 7 replies
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    • topdocker
    • August 6, 2018

92. Asperger's syndrome  

    By clintonradloff, September 30, 2005
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    • Skyrad
    • August 22, 2006

93. disabled and picked up jumping ?  

    By ludwigschmude, November 1, 2005
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    • teamshred
    • March 22, 2008

94. Tibial plateau fracture  

    By blackdog, November 1, 2005
    • 7 replies
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    • PROGRESSIVE
    • February 24, 2012

95. Deaf - radio assistance  

    By Babyrosey, August 28, 2012
    • 7 replies
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    • Flackahamm
    • November 10, 2014

96. RUMOR OR TRUE? Non-diver Needs answer  

    By RadioChick, January 20, 2006
    • 7 replies
    • 5,586 views
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    • RadioChick
    • February 8, 2006

97. Dropzones that will take quadraplegics for tandems?  

    By A-DZ, October 28, 2012
    • 7 replies
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    • baronn
    • March 22, 2013

98. Anybody with a disability willing to be interviewed on their sky diving experience by a student journalist  

    By Molly01, March 13, 2013
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    • zoobrothertom
    • April 16, 2015

99. One armed skydiving  

    By RichM, December 23, 2013
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    • skyjumpenfool
    • June 14, 2016

100. Skydiving with Aspergers  

     By Quagmirian, August 21, 2014
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     • jamiesmum
     • September 7, 2014