Lydia Browne

Lydia X. Z. Brown is a queer, disabled, East Asian advocate, organizer, attorney, and writer who has worked for over fifteen years addressing interpersonal and state violence targeting disabled people, particularly those at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, and other marginalized identities. They serve as Director of Public Policy at the National Disability Institute and founding Executive Director of the Autistic People of Color Fund, while also teaching in disability studies and related programs at Georgetown University and American University.