Abstract
Experts say the two oldest children born with the disease in Connecticut are now 17 years old. With advances in treating AIDS and its symptoms, childrenlike adults-are living longer and healthier lives than experts had expected. This article is a reprint from a story of children, living with HIV. It personalizes AIDS and gives it faces … the faces of Shawna, Michael, Margaret and Christine. The article appeared on page one of The Hartford Courant's Health section on February 27, 1996.