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" Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there. "
Ryan White
Won
Right
School
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" I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. "
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Troublemaker
" We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around. "
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Faith
Family
Patience
" 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. "
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Me
Parents
" On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS. "
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Left
Hours
Mother
" People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me. "
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Leave
Get
Up
" AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself. "
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Mom
Sorry
Sister
" Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself. "
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Live
Myself
" My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS. "
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Old
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" I came face to face with death at thirteen years old. "
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Face
Death
Came
" Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it. "
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Battle
Against
AIDS
" Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support. "
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Support
Started
Stars
" The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital. "
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My Life
Hospital
First
" Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down. "
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Down
Week
Twice
" My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's. "
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Important
Honor
Me
" How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was? "
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Town
Public
Me
" Even at church, people would not shake my hand. "
Ryan White
Church
People
Shake
" This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances. "
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TV
Interviews
Appearances
" Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic. "
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AIDS
People
Rumors
" I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school. "
Ryan White
World
Go
Letters
" We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone. "
Ryan White
Telephone
Months
Court
" Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support. "
Ryan White
Mayor
Me
Support
" A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life. "
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My Life
Time
Thinking
" Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me. "
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Me
Discrimination
Education
" Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M. "
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Good
Hardships
Mom
" My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance. "
Ryan White
People
Own
Ignorance
" Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. "
Ryan White
People
Facts
Medical
" 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. "
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Community
School
My Life
" The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS. "
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AIDS
Person
Had