Chris Oyler

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Chris Oyler (fl. late 20th century) is an American author and AIDS activist.

Her son Ben Oyler (1976/77 - July 4, 1986)^[1] and brother Scott (died July 5, 1987)^[2] each had hemophilia and died of AIDS, in the son's case about 14 months after his AIDS diagnosis^[3].

Ben Oyler was barred, like Ryan White, from attending classes; Oyler and the boy's father declined to contest that ruling, preferring preserving the family's privacy.^[4]

Chris Oyler described the family's experience of her son's illness and death under the title Go Toward the Light, which was the basis for the 1988 made-for-television movie of the same name, with Linda Hamilton as a similarly situated mother. ^[5]

[edit] External links

• Go Toward the Light at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] See also

• Contaminated haemophilia blood products

[edit] References

1. ^ Reader's Digest December 1989, Vol 54, No. 321, pg 142, condensed from "Go Toward the Light" Copyright 1988 by The Polson Company and Grant and Chris Oyler, Harper and Row Inc, New York.
2. ^ "How Medical Success Story Turned Into a Nightmare", Randy Shilts, San Francisco Chronicle, December 5, 1989 http://www.aegis.com/news/sc/1989/SC891204.html
3. ^ http://www.lhow.com/tvguide88.html
4. ^ Reader's Digest December 1989, Vol 54, No. 321, pg 131, condensed from "Go Toward the Light" Copyright 1988 by The Polson Company and Grant and Chris Oyler, Harper and Row Inc, New York.
5. ^ http://imdb.com/title/tt0095225/