Facing Up to AIDS

A moving, personal account of an AIDS sufferer who experienced the earliest 'space-suit don't touch' approach and a dramatic and lonely expulsion from China. JOHN MORDAUNT was given his first fix of heroin as a birthday present when he was fourteen years of age. He vividly recalls his schooldays, when his life became dominated by drugs. Then he contracted AIDS. In the early days of fear and hysteria amongst both the general public and the medical profession, John went on RTE television to talk openly as an AIDS sufferer. He also featured in the BBC documentary 'Facing Up to AIDS'. John now works full time with Frontliners and the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading AIDS charity, counselling, lecturing and publicising a positive approach to AIDS. His aim is to help people with AIDS live as well and as long as possible. JOHN MASTERSON Senior producer in Current Affairs, RTE Irish television. He also holds a doctorate in psychology and formerly lectured at Trinity College Dublin. He