You should be SO proud of your daughter! She deserves lots of extra hugs for her bravery! 
My oldest son is on the autistic spectrum and his younger siblings were pretty vocal about standing up for him, particularly his little sister. Now she is a mom, and before her older son started school, she sat him down and had a serious talk with him about the way people treat kids who are "different" and told him she expected him not to do that, and asked him whenever he could, to take up for those who couldn't take up for themselves. Well, he is now in 6th grade and is bigger than many of his classmates. He is quiet, but if he says something, it tends to get noticed, and wherever he's been in school, he's gotten a reputation for not tolerating bullying. He *will* speak up for the weaker kids, the shy kids, the "different" kids who won't or can't speak up for themselves. And amazingly, he's pretty much admired by the rest of his classmates. His little brother, who is a much more outgoing type, has seen this, and he's also become the "protector" type, but is much more vocal about it.
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