European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aids victim Ryan White a celebrity end an outcast. The Battle to keep aids victims out of school by Jeff Elijah United press International Yan White is Quiel and slight and craves the anonymity of eighth Grade but his Lite is Jull not of Friday night football games and math tests bul of the uncomfortable Glare of National attention. Everyone at Western High school in a farming area about 40 Miles North of Indianapolis knew Ryan s name Belore he stepped Oil the bus and through the front door Lor the first Day of classes recently the 14-year-old might just As Well have been wearing a letter sweater Wilh big red initials aids. Ryan has been Sull ering from aids since december 1984. When he contacted the incurable disease during Erma Bombeck ire Alment for Haemophilia Sinco then he has by come a celebrity and an outcast aids stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome a virus that strips the body of i1s defense against disease it is invariably fatal. Parents of some of Ryan s classmates afraid even casual Contact would pose a health risk Lor their children went to court to keep him out of Schot they won a temporary Victory and Ryan was banned from most 0 his seventh Grade classes fast fall and Spring at Western Middle school across from the High school near the Central Indiana Lawn of Kokomo Bui in april a judge decreed Ryan should be allowed Back in school and a Media circus accompanied his return to the classroom for the final weeks of classes that did nothing to erase fears at the Middle school and some parents sent their children to a hastily organized alternative school to keep them away from Ryan Olhorn simply transferred their children to other schools in contrast. Ryan s Lisl Day of High la Grade at inc High school this fall was uneventful teachers administrators and Illow students seem to have accepted Ryan s presence at the High school recognising the Indiana court system has Aff mod his right lobe there. Bui new Battles to keep aids victims Oul of school arc shaping up in Congress and the Indiana legislature few ii Johnson Leader of a group of parents opposed to Ryan s presence in class said the emphasis has switched from Legal pursuits aimed Al keeping Ryan out of school to rallying around Federal legislation introduced by for p William Danno Moyer. A Calil. Dannemeyer has sponsored five aids Hills including a Resolution to express the wish of Congress Hal children wih Trie disease should be hop Oul of school and Given alternative Lorms of education John Sheik an administrative assistant to Dannemeyer said inc lawmaker would Welcome support from Indiana but the Resolution is no part at in organized Effort to keep aids victims Oul of school Dannemeyer s position an education is Hal these kinds of things Are be Itoi Lef i to local Nul  Sheik said. The Bills Hove not cd been acted upon Johnson said she has turned to legislation because o the parents unsuccessful courtroom of Lor is to keep Ryan out of the classroom. I Ihrk in this Case there s no a whole lot anyone can do Johnson said. For people that Don t want their kids Back in me same building they can pay Luis Ion elsewhere others can Lake it in stride he Ryan is a human being you have in be human about in we spent a lot of Money on the com i system and did l gel anywhere whal do you to when this doctor says it s of to allow aids victims in school and this one says it s Nof i Hinti they re As confused m the court system As we Are about in Johnson said her group will reveal its intentions soon the group s attorney. David Hoss Ctol of Kokomo. Said the parents Are planning to set up a foundation for students suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome the foundation would Ollsen expenses of Sti Arlenis Wilh aids so they could obtain Homo bound education or education while hospitalized " he said Dean licht of Russia Vilk who was Nung Chr it Idois of the alternative school Hal opened Lor is Virks Tam Spring has Lakin at four of his child in i in of us Oralein school system primarily acc of r o of Ryan while nobody can gel any Huv done through the courts he said. Everything s been  Oul Tho coils won t listen to whal we have to say War going to teach our children ourselves " Leicht said he has talked to others about taking political a legislative action but nothing really exciting is happening Yel i m taking care of my own situation at ii spoil other parents involved in last Spring s Legal proceedings have refused further common on Ryan la s gelling the Bestol a lot of people Johnson said you just get tired every Day we hear about it or read about it in the newspapers in Lown it s a old Issue la s been going on Lor Over o year now you Pray Hal in aids does t pass on in the school system. That teachers and children Are Sale i still feel he should t be  i m not being dramatic but i am the Only woman in North America who has never been  one cares whal dream about who i m Gonglo Vole for whether i use waxed or untaxed dental loss and who i think has the sexiest lips in show business. A strange Man has never slopped me in the supermarket and wanted to take away my detergent i have never been invited la a soil drink taste test. And would t you have thought that once m All these years someone would have wanted to know what i Lake Lor my headaches the other night on the newscast they said Hal for 50 cents i could Call a number and express my opinion on How i Felt about smoking on airlines. I jumped at the Chance to have input into a National Issue they put a on hold. The reason i m so steamed about this is that polls have become a Way of life. A measuring device Tor How we live what we Eal. Whal lies in our future. They greatly affect change in manners and morality. I feel like the Parade is passing me by and i m standing behind refrigerator Perry i want to be heard Usa today is Lull of polls. How Many think the weather is unseasonal whal percentage thought the Linal score Between Boston and Kansas City should have been 4-3? was Chevy Chase funnier before to got married How Many feel pasta is a living cell that keeps growing in is body How Many of you still have the picture of a dead movie Star in your Billfold that was there when you bought it the Nielsen families carry a lot of weight As they Are polled on whal they watch on television. Their answers determine what slays on television. Who Are these people who have no taste Why Are they allowed to hide behind anonymity and Why have we never had a poll on whal people think of the Nielsen families i loved the poll where 41 percent of women say they married Lor the wrong reasons and 55 percent for the right reasons. What they did t list were what the pollens considered right reasons and wrong reasons. To some a right reason could have been Money prestige and an openness to postman Al dating. A wrong reason could have been his Molher wearing a Black armband to the  daily i am moving into a world Hal holds no surprises. My marriage has a 50 percent Chance of survival. I All into the 84 percent hat is tired and overworked i will spend an average of s31 per person Al the supermarket. If i Don t find the sexual revolution non. I la be Loo old to serve. If i am to turn on television on election night and know who is a projected Winner Belore i Vole let me 91 least have the exhilaration of being a nameless faceless regional Sla Islic. A ism Loi Angara tier Tel Syndicate wednesday september 10, 1s86 the stars and stripes Page 17