 After the school refused, his family filed a lawsuit and a federal court ruled in his favor under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.On his first day walking to school after the ruling, Robertson and his mother were surrounded by protesters chanting "back to the trailer"; a group of children from the school responded with chants supporting Jason.In July 1988, Robertson appeared, along with AIDS activist Ryan White, at a benefit concert by Elton John Robertson's family found that the environment in Granite City remained hostile—-on one occasion Robertson's mother was struck in the head by a man unhappy about him returning to school in the fall—-and the family decided to move.