I have always believed accessibility is a must for everyone.
CI is accessibility.
CI allows you to hear & communicate.
Your CI has not made you an audist because you do not tout you are better than us. You are genuine in your interest to learn ASL.
You request several times in open forum and in PMs ; asking for transcripts for the videos so you can be involved in this community.
You educate other members about the CI and you educate those who asks for information about the CI.
This I appreciate about the CI users in our AD community.
Those who do not have a CI actually have the b@lls to posts threads asking us if we treasure our hearing, wondering if we preserve our hearing.. this is going against the grain of what our community is.
This is what an Audist is. Hope this clarifies your question.
You are not an audist- way far from it.
