We Can't Address Disability Without Addressing Race
with Lydia X. Z. Brown
07/06/2022
Lydia X. Z. Brown is an autistic attorney and disability justice advocate who specifically focuses on violence against multiply-marginalized disabled people. Join us as we explore how racism impacts the lives of Brown, Black, and Indigenous Autistic people, and what steps therapists should take to move towards an anti-racist practice.
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Show Notes
- Join the Neurodiversity CE Summit
- Find Lydia X. Z. Brown at autistichoya.net, lydiaxzbrown.com, or on
- Donate to Lydia’s campaign to represent Maryland
- Check out the book they co-edited, All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism
- Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
- Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Independence, Survival, and Empowerment
- HEARD-Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities
- Learn more about the race and class disparities in autism diagnoses here Race, Class Contribute to Disparities in Autism Diagnoses
- Learn more about the disproportionate diagnoses of black children with oppositional defiant disorder here The Process and Implications of Diagnosing Oppositional Defiant Disorder in African American Males
- Join in the conversation about this episode on Facebook at Learn Play & Thrive: Autism Resources for Professional
Resources recommended by Lydia on abolishing police and prisons:
