Ryan White
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Birth Name: Ryan Wayne White
Born: 6 December 1971 Died: 8 April 1990
Country of origin: United States
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Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 โ April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after being expelled from middle school because of his infection. As a hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live. Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, but AIDS was poorly understood at the time, and when White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Kokomo rallied against his attendance. A len
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1. Ryan White: My Own Story (Signet) (1992)
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