“I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother” Sparks Debate About Mental Health
Although there have been plenty of discussions about gun control, what about the topic of taking a closer look at mental health issues?
In the wake of the tragedy that took the lives of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a blogger from across the country was arguably the first to break through the noise and galvanize a debate around mental health. Liza Long’s blog post about raising a mentally ill child, “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother,” talks about her experiences raising her 13-year-old son, whom she describes as a gifted but unpredictable child who has threatened to kill her and himself. As she put it, “I love my son. But he terrifies me." Her blog post quickly went viral, got picked up by the The Huffington Post and others, earned a million likes on Facebook, and led to Long's appearance on CNN to talk about the way mental illness…
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Renee Cwiek
3:51 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
There's been a lot of controversy about this woman. In her blog she says that she doesn't know what's wrong with him but speculates he may be Autistic. Why bring Autism into this if you don't even know for sure? No where in her blogs have I seen her talk about seeing a Behavioral Specialist, but I did read quite a bit about her wanting to throttle her children. Here is a quote about her 5 year … more ›