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Adapted aquatics instructor assisting a young girl with a right leg amputation with the backfloat.

Adapted aquatics, which includes swimming and water safety instruction for educational and leisure purposes for people with disabilities (Lepore, Gayle & Stevens, 1998), has always been an excellent way to improve motor fitness, physical fitness, social skills, and self-confidence for both people with and without disabilities.


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