When news started spreading around Westlane Middle School that a
fourteen-year-old student had HIV, the harassment began. There were
notes slapped on her locker warning her "No AIDS at Westlane." The
coach of her soccer team joked that they could use her disease to their
advantage - because the other team would be scared. The girl suffered
daily name calling, teasing and constant bullying.
Now the
girl's been pulled out of school by her parents, who are suing the
Indiana institution for doing nothing to save their daughter from her
tormentors. More than two decades after Ryan White, do kids still have
to hide their HIV status?
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