Disabled Artist Makes A Splash

A disabled artist is performing underwater acrobatics in a specially adapted wheelchair as part of the Cultural Olympiad celebrations.

Sue Austin, from Devon who has been wheelchair-bound since 1996, invented and helped create the world's first self-propelled underwater wheelchair.

She is this week staging a series of stunning underwater scuba performances, called Creating the Spectacle, at the Osprey Leisure Centre in Weymouth.

Ms Austin said: "I'm thrilled that lots of people have been inspired by the project already, many of them telling me how seeing the wheelchair underwater has made them want to try it too.

"We've created something new and exciting and it's really getting people talking.

"As a result, they're realising that viewing the world from a different perspective inspires them to be free to explore new experiences."

Her modified NHS wheelchair is equipped with swimming floats, fins and two foot-controlled drive propulsion vehicles. 

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