- Ryan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing to be re-admitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis
| When did Ryan White die? / Died | 08 April 1990 |
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Ryan White facts
- As a hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment (Factor VIII) and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live
- Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, but AIDS was poorly understood at the time
- When White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Howard County rallied against his attendance due to concerns of the disease spreading through bodily fluid transfer
- Western School was actually located in Russiaville outside of Kokomo and was not part of the local Kokomo school system
- A lengthy administrative appeal process ensued, and news of the conflict turned White into a popular celebrity and advocate for AIDS research and public education
- Surprising his doctors, White lived five years longer than predicted but died in April 1990, one month before his high school graduation
- Before White, AIDS was a disease stigmatized as an illness impacting the gay community, because it was first diagnosed among gay men
- That perception shifted as White and other prominent HIV-infected people such as Magic Johnson, Arthur Ashe and the Ray brothers appeared in the media to advocate for more AIDS research and public education to address the epidemic
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