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Ryan White
Age: 18 †
Born: 1971
Born: December 6
Died: 1990
Died: April 8
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Indiana
Ryan Wayne White
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The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story.
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I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.
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My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
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I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital.
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On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.
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A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.
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I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.
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Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
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Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.
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People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
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Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
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Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.
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I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.
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Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
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Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
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The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.
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