Thirteen Years Quotes by Ryan White

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…

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Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.

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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.

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The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS.

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This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.

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Even at church, people would not shake my hand.

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We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.

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I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

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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…

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Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

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The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school,…

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Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

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Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

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I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital.

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My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.

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