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Robyn Powell @RobynMPowell

Assistant Professor @StetsonLaw; Researcher @LurieInstitute and @NatRCPD. Disability law, family law, health law, reproductive justice. Tweets my own.

Joined February 2011
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Robyn Powell@RobynMPowell
21 Aug 2025
I’m excited to share that my article, Holding Out for Love: Why Disabled People Can’t Say “I Do”, is forthcoming in the Wake Forest Law Review (2026). It examines why marriage equality remains out of reach for many disabled people. SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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1 Dec 2025
Congratulations to Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter @WMLawSchool for winning the AALS Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies' 2026 Chai Feldblum Award!
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Looking forward to tomorrow's coffee talk! #APHA2025
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Interesting that there's so much alleged commitment to bodily autonomy...until there isn't.
The Associated Press
@AP
3 Sep 2025
BREAKING: Florida will work to eliminate all child vaccine mandates in the state, officials say. apnews.com/article/florida-c…
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I’m excited to share that my article, Holding Out for Love: Why Disabled People Can’t Say “I Do”, is forthcoming in the Wake Forest Law Review (2026). It examines why marriage equality remains out of reach for many disabled people. SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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True marriage equality requires dismantling these barriers—through reforms to benefits programs, guardianship laws, and institutional practices, as well as cultural change.
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Marriage carries profound social, legal, and economic significance. Until disabled people can freely exercise this right, the promise of marriage equality remains unfinished.
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#ReadAllAboutIt |📓 Check out Robyn M. Powell's article, “Dobbs, Disability, and the Assault on Reproductive Autonomy” in the latest Human Rights Magazine, Volume 50, Issue 6! 📰 Read it HERE ➡️ ow.ly/fGfM50WwTrO
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Hey, @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
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I was 8 years old when the ADA became law. As a disabled woman, I celebrate its promise—but also know how fragile our rights remain. 35 years later, we’re still fighting for true equality. damemagazine.com/2025/07/25/… #ADA35

The Promise, and Failure, of the Americans With Disabilities Act - Dame Magazine

I was 8 years old when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law. I didn’t yet understand legislation, or what “civil rights” meant. But I already knew there were places I couldn’t go —...

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Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of the ADA. It changed lives—but it was never enough. As disability rights face growing threats, I wrote about the law’s promise, its failures, and what’s at stake now. damemagazine.com/2025/07/25/… #ADA35

The Promise, and Failure, of the Americans With Disabilities Act | Dame Magazine

It's hard to feel celebratory on the 35th anniversary of the ADA when we've made so little progress. With Trump back in office, is the ADA doomed forever?

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RT @PublicHealth: Make no mistake: This is not in the best interest of our nation. Our lawsuit, which orginally put this on hold, is still…
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Disability Rights: A Conversation with Human Rights Magazine Authors 📆 July 25, 2025, 🕰️ 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET. Explore reproductive rights, AI, and more with expert authors. Register HERE ➡️ ow.ly/f3Vi50Wjnwi 📺 Available on-demand after!
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Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
29 May 2025
NEW: Natl Association of Deaf files suit against White House Press Secretary, Chief of Staff and Exec office of President. They're seeking court order to restore American Sign Language interpreters to White House events/briefings: Suit: "The White House inexplicably stopped using ASL interpreters for any of its public press briefings or similar events. Consequently, Defendants are now denying hundreds of thousands of deaf Americans meaningful access to the White House’s real-time communications on various issues of national and international import.”
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Mother Jones
@MotherJones
28 May 2025
Trump has a decades-long history of promoting eugenicist ideas. @metraux_julia gives us a complete timeline of the president’s thoughts on “good genes,” IQ, and which disabled people should “just die.”motherjones.com/politics/202…

Donald Trump's decades-long obsession with eugenics

A timeline of the president's thoughts on "good genes," IQ, and which disabled people should "just die."

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APHA Disability
@APHADisability
28 May 2025
🚨 Calling students & trainees in disability & health! The APHA Disability Section Career Enhancement Scholarship is now accepting applications! To be eligible, you must be the first author on a 2025 #APHA abstract submitted to the Disability Section. 🗓 Deadline: June 8, 2025 at 5pm CST 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/44U8bWR
A promotional graphic for a scholarship opportunity. The left side features a solid blue background with white text that reads: "Apply today for the… Career Enhancement Scholarship Opportunity" Below the text is the logo for the American Public Health Association (APHA), accompanied by the words “DISABILITY SECTION.” The APHA logo includes a colorful circular graphic with a blue serif font for “APHA” and a tagline underneath: “American Public Health Association. For science. For action. For health.” The right side of the image shows a young woman with Down syndrome sitting in a classroom setting, smiling and clapping her hands. She is wearing a light pink turtleneck sweater. There are other students blurred in the background, creating a warm and inclusive atmosphere.

ALT A promotional graphic for a scholarship opportunity. The left side features a solid blue background with white text that reads: "Apply today for the… Career Enhancement Scholarship Opportunity" Below the text is the logo for the American Public Health Association (APHA), accompanied by the words “DISABILITY SECTION.” The APHA logo includes a colorful circular graphic with a blue serif font for “APHA” and a tagline underneath: “American Public Health Association. For science. For action. For health.” The right side of the image shows a young woman with Down syndrome sitting in a classroom setting, smiling and clapping her hands. She is wearing a light pink turtleneck sweater. There are other students blurred in the background, creating a warm and inclusive atmosphere.
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#AuthorAnnouncement We’re proud to be publishing “Disabled and Disenfranchised: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom and Democracy Post-Dobbs” by Robyn Powell in Volume 46 of Cardozo Law Review!
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