one of them is 21-year-old samir madden, a student at the university of arizona and president of i-can. it's aup that promotes education and support for children with traumatic or congenital amputations. >> everyone in middle school is trying to fit in. they're trying to be normal. people see me as being different automatically because i'm missing my arms and i'm missing my leg, but i have been able to show others that we can accept each other. and it's trying to tell these individuals, these kids, it's like, no, you're different, but that's okay, and it's great that you're different, because you are contributing. >> i was picked on because people saw my limb differences. for emmanuel and others like him, they see, i'm not the only one. you're missing this arm or you're missing that leg, but you're able to do this much. that gives them the confidence to say, okay, i can do anything i want. we have to accept each other. when we do, then the person who is being picked on because they're different is able to focus on the academics. they're able to focus on getting to know other people. wh