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Honestly, I'm pretty surprised the pediatrician recommended that at 9.5 months, that seems SO early to be concerned, particularly because some babies will just completely skip crawling and just go straight to walking a bit later.

My son is 10.5 months and just started scooting - no hint of crawling, he just managed to use a combo of scooting his butt, diving forward, and rolling to get at what he wants. That's a very new development though, he was a bit past 10 months when he started doing it. And at 10.5 months he just figured out how to pull himself to a sitting position. My pediatrician said at his 9 month appointment that as long as he can roll, sit, and bear weight on his legs, he's doing fine.

LO was evaluated just before he turned a year old. He wasn't rolling over tummy to back, crawling, putting himself in a sitting position, or pulling to stand. He could sit, cruise, and walk assisted if we put him in that position. Because he couldn't get himself there, they evaluated him at the level of a 5 month old.
We started PT in October. It made a huge difference quickly. He hated when the therapist made him do certain rotating movements, but he caught on. We did two months of weekly therapy, then missed a few sessions the following month from the holidays and illness. By January, we were talking about discontinuing therapy because he was caught up. He had a total of three sessions in January and February before he "graduated."

I don't know if he would have naturally figured out how to do everything without therapy, but I wouldn't want to go back and find out.

I nanny for a child who was evaluated for ei but at an older age. It was a fabulously positive experience. She didn't qualify but still had some delays so they were super helpful in giving us things to work on at home and who to contact to do therapies privately. They people who came out to the house were awesome and their report was really thorough. I now encourage anyone who is remotely on the fence to go for it. It was truly just a great resource and there were literally no downsides.

@GreenThumb: R is getting PT for her torticollis twice a week through EI. I was so nervous about being recommended and the whole process but it's been great. I've seen rapid improvement in R since she began PT less than a month ago.

I'm a little late to this post, sorry, but I figured I would tell you our "late bloomer" story. I always liked hearing them when I was worrying. My LO was like yours and had zero interest in mobility - was content to sit in one place for hours. If he was really desperate to get a toy, he'd roll to it, but in general he just wasn't interested in moving. Sat up well by himself from about 5.5 months, and sorta just stayed there. Never scooted and was still rolling to get things at 12 months. Our doctor wasn't at all concerned - said there was nothing physically wrong and he was just taking his time - but day care told us we needed to get him evaluated in order to graduate from the infant room. We had an EI appointment on a Tuesday and on the Sunday before (at 12.5 months), LO literally woke up from his nap and started crawling like he had been doing it for months. By the time we actually started the therapy a month later, he was pulling up and cruising, but not walking. I'm not sure if it was the therapy (I'm doubtful because he hated it and pretty much refused to do anything with her, so we only did 6 sessions), or just a matter of him deciding he was ready (more likely), but he randomly started walking one afternoon just before 16 months and is running like any other 18 month old now. In the absence of a medical issue that might be causing a gross motor delay, some kids just take their time! Or, like my LO, are really stubborn! Hope that helps:)