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Lydia Brown is passionate about autism advocacy in the area of autism and criminal justice issues. She writes about a wide variety of topics, including: Autism, Christianity, Islam, Civics, and Ethical Issues.

Lydia is dedicated towards ensuring fairness, equality, and appropriate accommodations for autistic individuals who interact with the criminal justice system or first responders. She has been working towards passage of a bill in Massachusetts that would mandate autism training for law enforcement and corrections officers.

Lydia is also a member of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network New England.  She had an article published in the May 8, 2010 Boston Herald entitled Asperger's Doesn't Create Miscreant, and is currently conducting a research project on autistic characters in literature.