Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown

"Lydia Brown" redirects here. For the American missionary, see Lydia Brown (missionary).
Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown (formerly Lydia X.Z. Brown)
Brown speaks at the Colorado Trust in 2017
Born1993 (age 32–33)
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
Northeastern University (JD)
Known forDisability rights advocacy

Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown (born 1993) is an American autistic disability-rights activist, writer, attorney, and public speaker who was honored by the White House in 2013. They are the chairperson of the American Bar Association Civil Rights & Social Justice Disability Rights Committee. They are also policy counsel for privacy and data at the Center for Democracy & Technology, and director of policy, advocacy, and external affairs at the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network. In 2022, they unsuccessfully ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 7A, losing to state delegate Kathy Szeliga and delegate-elect Ryan Nawrocki.

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