On This Day: August 26, 1985 — Ryan White Was Banned From School for Having AIDS
On August 26, 1985, thirteen-year-old Ryan White — a hemophiliac who had contracted HIV through contaminated blood products — began attending eighth-grade classes at Western Middle School in Indiana via a speakerphone at his home. School officials had banned him from attending in person, setting off a yearlong legal battle that made Ryan the most…
