The Nation - News from Aug. 26, 1985
A 13-year-old boy in Kokomo, Ind., barred from attending seventh-grade classes because he has AIDS, begins school today--by telephone. Ryan White, a hemophiliac who contracted the disease through a blood transfusion, has been out of school since December, when officials barred him for fear he would infect other pupils. The school will pay for the telephone system, which links the boy’s home to classrooms. State health officials have said that Ryan’s condition does not threaten other students and have urged school officials to reconsider. Ryan and his mother, Jeanne White, have filed suit against school officials.
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