My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.
People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.
The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.
Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.