Colorado: AIDS After 30 Years -- Education of Youth Has Faded
August 3, 2011 "... Now that doctors know how people contract
HIV, questions such as 'can I get AIDS from an infected toilet
seat?' or 'can I get AIDS from an infected swimming pool?' might
seem silly. "Six years ago Rickard helped create a 10th grade
history class, Scientific Revolutionaries, at Pine Creek High
School, where she and her students discuss and study global
health. The class spends nine weeks talking about the AIDS
epidemic. It's not a sex-ed class, nor is it a health class,
Rickard insisted. ... She particularly wanted her students to
understand what HIV patients have gone through over the years,
both medically and socially. "Rickard's students have become
active in calling attention to the AIDS history. They helped
prepare an exhibit at the East Branch of the Pikes Peak Library
District commemorating the AIDS quilt, a project that was begun
in 1987. ... "Today, the most at-risk group for HIV infection is
people in their teens and ea