The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.
I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital.
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.
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.