Ryan White
Sign in to saveAmerican AIDS spokesperson and "poster boy" (1971–1990)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1971-12-06
- Died
- 1990-04-08
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Bruce Springsteen
- Springsteen - Album by Album
- Dawn the Mask (6x8)
- Dawn the Mask Volume 2
- Dawn the Mask (4. 5x6) (Black&White)
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Film & TV
Acting · Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Ryan White was born in Kokomo, Indiana in 1971. A hemophiliac, Ryan regularly needed injections of blood products to survive. In 1985 at the age of 13, it was discovered that Ryan contracted the AIDS virus sometime during the previous year from tainted blood. His case got national attention when his school expelled him when they learned about his disease. Not wanting to lie down and die that…
Known for
- Commitment to Life — Self (archive)2023
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
- The Ryan White Story — Chad1989
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 150
- Total plays
- 1,319
Tags
residentherofansdotcom
Ryan White is the lead vocalist/lyricist/guitarist of the rock band Resident Hero. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ryan+White">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 27,505x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 23,558x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,483x
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
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Key facts
- Born
- Ryan Wayne White , ( 1971-12-06 ) December 6, 1971, Kokomo, Indiana , U.S.
- Died
- April 8, 1990 (1990-04-08) (aged 18), Indianapolis , Indiana, U.S.
- Cause of death
- AIDS -related pneumonia
- Resting place
- Cicero, Indiana
- Occupation
- Student
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 6 December 1971
- Died
- 8 April 1990
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ryan
- Family name
- White
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kokomo
- Place of death
- Indianapolis
- Occupation
- schoolchild
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.ryanwhite.com
Article
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS.
As a hemophiliac, White became infected with HIV from a contaminated factor VIII blood treatment and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live. Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, as AIDS is not an airborne disease and spreads solely through bodily fluids, but AIDS was poorly understood by the general public at the time. When White tried to return to school, irate parents and teachers in Howard County rallied against his attendance due to unwarranted concerns of the disease spreading to other students and staff. A lengthy administrative appeal process ensued, and news of the conflict turned White into a popular celebrity and advocate for AIDS research and public education. Surprising his doctors, White lived five years longer than predicted. He died on April 8, 1990, one month before his high school graduation.