Overcoming Stigma: Ryan White's AIDS Education Advocacy

16/10/2019 28 min Episodio 23
Overcoming Stigma: Ryan White's AIDS Education Advocacy

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Episode Synopsis

Indiana teenager Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at 13 years of age after contracting the fatal disease from a contaminated hemophilia treatment. Rather than despair, Ryan fought for his right to attend school and became a national AIDS education advocate. In this episode of Talking Hooiser History, we tell the story of Ryan White, and how one Indiana community used education to combat the widespread fear and misunderstanding surrounding AIDS in the 1980s.  Read the show notes for this episode here.