Jason Robertson, 7, and his mother Tammie Robertson are shown Nov. 16, 1987, outside the special classroom where Jason was to attend classes in Granite City, Ill. Robertson, whose battle to attend school as a boy with AIDS in the 1980s helped other children with the virus overcome its stigma, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003. He was 23. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)