Positively Naperville | The COVID Pivot
by Jim Elliott | June 17, 2026 When COVID shut down the world in 2020, nonprofits everywhere were forced to rethink everything. For Diveheart, a…
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Positively Naperville |Can a Ventilator-Dependent Person Scuba Dive?
by Jim Elliott | April 14, 2026 Muscular Dystrophy entered Matt Johnson’s life at an early age. It progressed to the point where Matt’s life…
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Positively Naperville | Want To Be in a Movie?
I believe there are no chance meetings and in July 2021 while conducting adaptive scuba training in Cozumel, Mexico, I was on a boat with…
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Positively Naperville | Blind Skier Turns Diver Turns Actor
Blind Downhill Skier Turns Blind Scuba Diver Turns Actor in the Upcoming Film By Jim Elliott In the mid 1980’s I started guiding and teaching…
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Positively Naperville | No Arms, No Legs, No Worries.
Anna was born with no arms or legs. A term technically referred to as Tetra-amelia syndrome (TETAMS) is an extremely rare genetic disorder causing the…
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Positively Naperville | Birth of Scuba Therapy
I had no burning desire to learn how to scuba dive, but as a young journalism student at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn,…
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Positively Naperville | Chicago Bears Recognition After 40 Years
This year the Chicago Bears sent me something that I didn’t expect. You can imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I received a package…
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Positively Naperville | Mermaid Dreams Come True
What is your favorite place to scuba dive? Well, after decades of teaching scuba diving, that’s a question I get a lot. And believe it…
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Positively Naperville | NEW NORMAL
By Jim Elliott | Sunday, July 13, 2025 My father was an Army veteran with disabilities. I grew up dodging wheelchairs at Hines Veterans Hospital…
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Positively Naperville | CHRONIC PAIN AND SCUBA THERAPY
By Jim Elliott | June 16, 2025 The chronic pain from his spinal cord injury is constant. After his injury and subsequent rehabilitation, Air Force…
