Interesting having to go through what to now has mostly existed in research I've done on CI.  That is, that there is a strange, audist bias out there with audiologists and A/V speech therapists all out to "get me" and Michael and force him to exist only in a hearing world.  I thought I was going to be doing battle on this front just this last Monday, with a pre-IEP meeting with a couple of women I've never even met before - -who apparently came in an observed Michael and have declared that he will be just fine with an FM -- so I had to do a little tiny bit of fancy-talk in the meeting regarding my position on bi-lingualism and how Michael's facility in ASL has aided, NOT impeded his emerging literacy.  I just want an interpreter in the class with him.  So he can catch things he misses -- and so he doesn't lose his sign.  Our official IEP with the CSE (and how many other acronymns do I need to know) will be in early June, so I guess I'll have to remember I have a blog and actually write something about that!! I have to figure out a way to get this page out there for other moms.  I have felt so alone in this process aside from brief instances of sharing with other CI moms.  Hopefully this will be changing :)