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.
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.
Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.
Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.
People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.