HIV Forum

padnar · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:10 am Post subject: **social stigma**

In India I read about schools boycotting
AIDS affected children to school.
Is it so contagious that people are frightened
about it . I dont think people are dying only due to AIDS .
I know of a young guy who was healthy and used to excercise
One day his friends found him dead .sudden cardiac collapse.
padma

Postman · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

I don’t think that it is fair because AIDS can never infect anybody just by being around the person having AIDS. Unless that person is having a sex with someone or donates their blood, this is the only way that AIDS can infect anybody.

Froix · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject:

Knowledge is still the best answer to social stigma.

Still, not allowing AIDS infected children in the school, though unfair is really quite understandable. We all know how kids love to run and play with sharp objects. How many times have you seen your kid come home with a bruise on his knee, on his arm,... Besides, considering the way most adults act around AIDS, will children be any different? worse? Sad as it is, I personally don't think school is the best place for AIDS infected children. They'll be victims of stigmatization.
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Postman · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

I used to be a teacher and I could say that when I was still teaching. There are fewer cases of accidents around. This is the responsible of the teacher. From what I know running in school premises isn’t allowed at school.

padnar · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:20 am Post subject:

In India there is no such thing like home schooling like
in the US. Going to school is compulsory.
After 10th we have the correspondent course and that
is not recognised much.
padma

bizofwords · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject:

tongyun · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

This reminds me of when Magic Johnson was on Dream Team I for the Olympics and people were concerned that he might bleed on them and infect them. If people are educated on how transmission takes place, then there is less to fear.

Orrymain · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

Simplyme · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:17 am Post subject:

First off I hope these children are not playing with sharp objects they really should not be. But I have to disagree I do not think it is understandable. I have never seen any one of my small children touching the blood of another child or playing around with their sores which is what would need to occur pretty much to pass this virus on. There is nothing that makes it ok or understandable to deny a child an education because they are sick for reasons that are out of their control.

Froix · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:41 pm Post subject:

Not even social stigma? Stigmatization, even though misguided, is the last thing you want for a sick child. Unless of course if the parent is not required to disclose the child's sickness on enrollment and that's just another issue altogether.