Summary Of I Am Adam Lanza's Mother By Liza Long

Liza Long, the author of "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," is the mother of a boy with mental illness named Eric Walton. She posted her story on the internet on her blog in December

14, 2012, (Long, Liza. "I am"). "And to my surprise I heard an echo," said author Liza Long

(Long, Liza. "Time to"). Her essay went viral and she received tremendous amounts of criticism.

On the contrary, believe this was a smart move on her part, as she raises awareness of mental health, she found help for her son and became the voice for others who live her same life as well as inform the people who don’t. First, author Liza Long decided to put her name on the blog. Thus, giving people someone to talk and relate but others found a name to blame for their reserved lives.

The essay she posted spread all over the internet that it received "1.2 million Facebook likes, nearly 17,000 tweets, and 30,000 emails"

(Long, Liza. "Price of Silence") She also spoke on TEDx where she raised the issues of a parent of a mentally ill child, people criminalizing them, "We have to end stigma," said Long (Long, Liza.

"Time to"). Because of her blog, she caught the attention of Some of the biggest news outlets such as Huffington post and Phycology Today, who wrote articles about mental lines and her life soon afterward.

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Although many critics of Liza say she exposed her son's life and did irreparable damage, today he lives knowing his illness and accepting it (Walton, Eric. "Surviving"). He spoke on Ted talks and mentioned that a few days after his mother published her blog, he was called by

She just needed to get her story out there for people learn about her life, but it got help for her son.

Unlike many parents "I sat down and wrote my truth," said author Liza long. She spoke about her fear of her own son something many don’t want to speak about because it is difficult.

Daily mail took a pool and "55%" of parents with children with a mental illness have never spoken about it (Long, Liza. "Time to"), (Pickles, Kate. "Nearly"). In her Book "Price of

Silence," she also talks about mental health care as well and on her essay, "With a kid like this you need benefits," says Long she gave up her career to work in a job with good healthcare benefits and above that she spoke about the issue. What many other parents cannot even do for their own children. She opened the conversation and the eyes of those who don't know what it's like to have a mentally ill child.

Liza long had a chance to be the voice the for mentally ill children and she took it by posting the blog. She raised awareness of the mentally ill as her essay reached millions of people around the globe. The awareness itself helped her son find the right person who diagnosed