of course Deaf Community accepts any deafies - CI/HA/none/etc. We all share same issue - false hope by our hearing parents. Too many parents out there are misguided or misinformed but few parents like Grendel & frankiesmom used BiBi approach and included ASL.
Medical Risk is hardly a concern for me. I've had surgeries and I'm cool with it but for me, I have a HUGE moral & ethical problem with implanting infants! That's just wrong on many levels. I don't want to do 50-50 risk and find out later on that my own child hates me for it. Simple - let the child be old enough to make a decision for himself.
