Emily Willingham

Mother of Child with Asperger’s: ‘Autism Is Not an Explanatory Factor in [Adam Lanza’s] Actions’

As conversations about the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut begin to center around guns and mental health, one woman is advocating a careful look at the latter.  Emily Willingham has a son who is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. She said: “No one knows as of this writing what drove the Connecticut shooter to kill 20 children and […]