Ryan Wayne White was diagnosed with AIDS in December 1984. He was given six months to live, but lived five years longer than predicted. Congress passed a major piece of AIDS legislation, the Ryan White CARE Act, shortly after White’s death. Ryan White Programs are the largest provider of services for people living with HIVAIDS in the United States.
About Ryan White in brief
Ryan Wayne White was diagnosed with AIDS in December 1984. He was given six months to live, but lived five years longer than predicted. White had apparently received a contaminated treatment of factor VIII that was infected with HIV. When White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers rallied against his attendance due to concerns of the disease spreading through bodily fluid transfer. News of the conflict turned Ryan into a popular celebrity and advocate for AIDS research and public education. Congress passed a major piece of AIDS legislation, the Ryan White CARE Act, shortly after White’s death. The Act has been reauthorized twice; Ryan White Programs are the largest provider of services for people living with HIVAIDS in the United States. The White family filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the decision to prohibit White from re-admittance to Western School in Russia. On November 25, the Indiana Department of Education ruled that an administrative appeals case had been resolved and that White could not return to the school. The case was settled out of court and the White family was awarded $1.5 million in damages. The family has since appealed the decision and the case is pending in the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Indiana Supreme Court. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. For support in the UK, call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or go to www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. For help in the Philippines, contact the National suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-844-788-8457 or visit http://www.suicidespreventionlondon.org/. For support on suicide matters in the Middle East, call the Samaritans on 08457 909090 or visit the Middle East Lifeline on 8457 90 9090. For information on how to get involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in your country, go to: www.sheriffs.org/HIV/AIDS/Ryan-Wayne-White-CARE-Act. For more information on the Ryan White CARE Act and other HIVAIDS programs, visit www.RyanWhiteCARE.org or www.Ryan WhiteCareAct.org or www.HIV-AIDS-Cares-Caring-Act-Crisis-Comes-To-Home-In-The-U.S.-or-Canada-or-UK-or UK-Or-Europe- or U.K.-or Europe-Or Or Other-Orland- or-Australia- or Canada- or Latin America- or-Europe and-Asia-and-Middle East and East Countries- and-Asia. For information on HIV/AIDs, visit HIVAIDS Cares Caring Care Act.
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