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<text id=90TT1003>
<title>
Apr. 23, 1990: American Notes:Voices
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Apr. 23, 1990 Dan Quayle:No Joke
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 39
American Notes
VOICES
The "Miracle" Of Ryan White
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<p> In 1985, at 13, Ryan White became a symbol of the
intolerance that is inflicted on AIDS victims. Once it became
known that White, a hemophiliac, had contracted the disease from
a tainted blood transfusion, school officials banned him from
classes in Kokomo, Ind. His family moved to Cicero, Ind., where
he lived until his death on April 8. Last week the Rev. Ray
Probasco, a family friend, delivered the eulogy at White's
funeral. Said he: "Not much was known about the disease back
then. So very quickly a great deal of fear permeated Ryan's
community. At first, Ryan and the disease were perceived as one
and the same. In time, we saw the boy and the disease, and they
were not the same. It was Ryan who first humanized the disease
called AIDS. He allowed us to see the boy who just wanted, more
than anything else, to be like other children and to be able to
go to school.
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<p> "And children began asking Ryan, `Are you afraid to die?'
And Ryan responded, `Everyone's going to die. If I die, I know
I'm going to a better place.' I believe that God gave us [a]
miracle in Ryan. He healed a wounded spirit in the world and
made it whole."
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