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| caption=Brown speaking at the [https://www.coloradotrust.org/ Colorado Trust] in 2017 | | caption=Brown speaking at the [https://www.coloradotrust.org/ Colorado Trust] in 2017 | ||
| date_birth=1993 | | date_birth=1993 | ||
| place_birth= | | place_birth=Jiangsu, China<ref name="gates">{{Cite web |title=Lydia X. Z. Brown |author= |work=Gates Discovery Center |date= |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.discovergates.org/exhibition/wethefuture/young-leaders/lydia-x-z-brown/}}</ref> | ||
| nationality=American | | nationality=American | ||
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'''Lydia X. Z. Brown''' is a Chinese-American autistic disability rights activist, writer, and public speaker.<ref name="Davis">{{Cite web |title=From neurodiversity awareness to autism activism, this disability justice advocate fights for the rights of the marginalized |last=Davis |first=Jenny B. |work=ABA Journal |date=April 1, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |url= https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/from-neurodiversity-awareness-to-autism-activism-this-disability-justice-advocate-fights-for-the-rights-of-the-marginalized}}</ref> | '''Lydia X. Z. Brown''' is a Chinese-American autistic disability rights activist, writer, and public speaker.<ref name="Davis">{{Cite web |title=From neurodiversity awareness to autism activism, this disability justice advocate fights for the rights of the marginalized |last=Davis |first=Jenny B. |work=ABA Journal |date=April 1, 2020 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |url= https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/from-neurodiversity-awareness-to-autism-activism-this-disability-justice-advocate-fights-for-the-rights-of-the-marginalized}}</ref> | ||
Brown was diagnosed as autistic at age thirteen, in eighth grade.<ref name="DisabilityRace">{{Cite web |title=We Can't Address Disability WIthout Addressing Race. Here's Why |last=Brown |first=Lydia X. Z. |work=learnplaythrive |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://www.learnplaythrive.com/single-post/Racism}}</ref><ref name="Callahan">{{Cite web |title=The autistic, non-binary, queer, law student fighting for disability justice |last=Callahan |first=Molly |work=Northeastern University |date=19 April 2018 |access-date=4 October 2020 |url= https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/04/19/the-autistic-non-binary-queer-law-student-fighting-for-disability-justice/ }}</ref> | |||
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