Powerful Photographs on Display on the LOB Concourse

A powerful and timely display of photos in the passage between the state Capitol and the Legislative Office Building highlights the discrimination faced by people with mental illness. In stark language, the people in the portraits describe the challenges they face when friends and co-workers learn about their diagnosis.

The exhibit is jointly sponsored by the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Advocacy Unlimited, an educational and advocacy group. It comes as the legislature is pondering major changes to the way mental health services are delivered in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.