Regarding HIV in India

[jackofallgeeks]

This article talks about a boy who was kicked out of school (well, 'sent home and told to never come back') because he was HIV-positive. And apparently it's not the first time, nor isolated incidents. There's apparently at least one (I would imagine several) school specifically for HIV-positive children.

My response: What? Why? Last I heard, you couldn't get HIV from proximity or touch. It's not communicated except through bodily fluids, right? So why kick a four-year old to the street?

Comments

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

OK, I can see where you might have a point here, but, uhm, that's not quite the case in question. That is, firstly it's in India, not the US, so the legal scope is different and anything the Supreme Court or Congress tells us is, uhm, not really compelling there. But you still make good points about special needs. Sure. But in the article it notes that the school administrators acted in response to threats and complaints made from other parents -- ie, this isn't about the kid, it's about what people think of the kid.