April 7, 2026

📥 Ryan White: The Teenager Who Changed How America Saw AIDS — Supplemental Guide

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Kris Fitzgerald
Creator, TWiQH

Ryan White: The Teenager Who Changed How America Saw AIDS

He wanted to eat lunch with friends, get a job at a skateboard shop, have a crush on a girl, and maybe one day go to college. He was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, with a wide smile, a love of cars, and a disease that a terrified community decided made him too dangerous to sit next to in a classroom.

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What's Inside the Guide

  • 📖 Deep Dive companion article — full narrative history
  • 🗓️ Visual timeline — key moments and turning points
  • 💬 Discussion prompts — for book clubs, classrooms & community groups
  • 🎨 Original illustrations — created for this episode

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