About I-CAN
Bill Baughn and his wife, Joyce, a bilateral below elbow amputee since age six, established I-CAN
(International Child Amputee Network) and an Internet mailing list to provide
information and support contacts to children with absent or underdeveloped
limbs and their parents.
If you are a congenital amputee or became an
amputee as a child, your counsel can help parents deal with a situation
that leaves them lost and seeking knowledgeable information.
Parents who have a child born with a limb difference
or who lose a limb/s in childhood are starved for information. Pick up
any book on disabled children and you will most often find limb deficiencies
not mentioned. If the subject is mentioned, it is touched on in a superficial
manner. It is our hope that I-CAN will fill this void providing parents
with a place to contact experienced parents and adults who grew up with
a limb deficiency.
I-CAN
Mission Statement (Adopted 6/2007)
International Child
Amputee Network (I-CAN) a tax exempt, 501(c)(3) organization, is
dedicated to promoting education, support, information, and empowerment
to traumatic and congenital limb different children and their families.
I-CAN is committed in bringing together these children and their
families to enhance the quality of life for the children and young
adults based on the concept of mentors helping families, parent helping
parents, and kids helping kids.
I-CAN
Written by
Samir Madden
Dedicated to
Bill & Joyce Baughn
It is a family
of kids
It is a family
of parents
Some of us are
kids
Some of us are
teens
Some of us are
adults
We all have come
for one purpose
To be light for
those who have none
To be hope for
the hopeless
To be a family
for those who have none
We have two
people to thank
Joyce and Bill
Without them we
wouldn’t be I-CAN
Without them we
wouldn’t be here these five special nights
Without them we
wouldn’t be here tonight
Thank you
Joyce and Bill
