NIH's ask to remove one exhibit portrait is like asking to remove them all

NIH's ask to remove one exhibit portrait is like asking to remove them all

NIH balked at a child’s portrait in a rare disease exhibit because it may ‘evoke negative emotions.’ I’m appalled

By ANNETTE MAUGHAN

CRAIG F. WALKER/THE BOSTON GLOBE

The NIH asked to pull one portrait from "Beyond the Diagnosis," an exhibit of paintings of people with rare diseases. The organizers withdrew the show.

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