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The Legacy of Ryan White

Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS on December 17, 1984, at age 13. He was one of the first children with hemophilia, a disorder in which blood doesn't clot normally, to be diagnosed with AIDS. He and his mother, Jeanne White Ginder, fought for his right to attend school, gaining international attention as a voice of reason about HIV/AIDS. Ryan White died on April 8, 1990, at the age of 18, just months before Congress passed the AIDS bill that bears his name. The legislation has been reauthorized four times since – in 1996, 2000, 2006, and 2009 – and is now called the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.