When I was 5 years old, I nearly drowned while visiting a Pennsylvania amusement park. I spent 30 seconds underwater not knowing what to do. Luckily, I was rescued by a lifeguard and resuscitated, but ...

The summer swim season is pretty much over but water safety is a year-round concern for families with children, especially those on the autism spectrum. Doctors say it's important, considering that ...

Prior to my synchronized-­swimming lesson, I’d imagined something serene: delicate flapping of arms, elegant surface glides, a single leg raised in the air. Then I hopped into the pool at the Silver ...

The lessons are designed to simulate real-life water emergencies.

Lily Hua describes the challenges she faced when teaching swimming lessons to an autistic boy, and how she learned to help ...

A mother’s determination to end a legacy of racial trauma started with mother-son swim lessons. Nasir Bates, 4, took to swimming naturally when he started lessons as a baby.Credit...Elena Fedorova for ...

It was the summer of 2018. My sister, cousin, and I were aboard a motorboat with seven other wide-eyed tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the sunken statues off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico.