Nyle DiMarco partners with PADI to promote inclusivity in open water diving

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Former America’s Next Top Model star Nyle DiMarco can add another title to his already impressive resumé, as the model and actor is now a certified open water diver.

DiMarco, who is deaf, recently partnered with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) to get his Open Water Diver certification in Florida where he trained with Thomas J. Koch, the first Deaf PADI Course Director and founder of Aqua Hands, the world’s only deaf-owned dive company.

The partnership aims to show how the underwater “embraces inclusivity”, as DiMarco and Koch used American Sign Language (ASL) alongside universal dive signals to show how scuba “transcends communication barriers and creates a space where everyone can belong, no matter how they identify or communicate.”

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“Above water, as a deaf person,

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