Ryan White My Own Story
by White, Ryan; Cunningham, Ann Marie; White, JeanneEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-08-04
Publisher(s): Signet
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Summary
At 13, all-American kid and honors student Ryan White learned he had a deadly disease with no cure. AIDS. He had contracted it through the blood products he received for his hemophilia. His home town of Kokomo, Indiana, responded-not with compassion, but with fear and hate. When Ryan White was told he couldn't return to school, he decided to fight back. He went to court and won. But that was only the beginning of his fight to educate the public about AIDS. This young teenager dared to speak out when others kept silent. And the whole world listened.
Table of Contents
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| Growing Up Different | p. 5 |
| How I Got AIDS | p. 41 |
| How I Tried to Go Back to School | p. 81 |
| How I Got Back in School-But Had to Leave Town | p. 119 |
| I Come Up Grinning: How Life Changed | p. 157 |
| Going to a Better Place | p. 213 |
| Epilogue: Ryan's Final Illness and Funeral | p. 265 |
| Afterword | p. 280 |
| Tributes from Michael Jackson and Elton John | p. 288 |
| Ryan's Testimony Before the President's Commission on AIDS | p. 290 |
| "Does AIDS Hurt?"-Answers to Questions People Ask | p. 297 |
| Resources: Videos, organizations, and other sources of information about AIDS | p. 315 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 322 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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