“…Research has shown that even physically fit and competent swimmers can drown (e.g., Athlitiki Iho, 1996;Eleftherotipia, 1996;Hitas, 1996aHitas, , 1996b. Several types of disabilities and conditions such as epilepsy (Lip & Brodie, 1992;Osamura, Fushiki, Yoshioka, Yamanaka, & Mizuta, 1997;Saxena & Ang, 1993;Schmidt, Guggolz, & du Bois, 1991;Schmidt & Madea, 1995), autism (Sibert et al, 2002), Angelman syndrome (Ishmael, Begleiter, & Butler, 2002), Roman-Ward syndrome (Ishmael et al, 2002), cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, multiple handicaps (Shinaberger, Anderson, & Kraus, 1990), and even pregnancy (Ronsmans & Khlat, 1999) have been linked with drowning. People of all age groups have been found to be involved in drowning incidents (e.g., McGee, Krug, & Peden 2002; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 2001;Uchiyama, Tanaka, Ishii, Ikemi, & Osaka 2002).…”