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.

Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.

I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.

A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.