Julia Chaney-Faughn Attorney at Law

09/04/2026

Miener v. State of Missouri, 800 F.2d 749 (8th Cir. 1986)
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Whether a plaintiff could recover compensatory educational services as an appropriate remedy under the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA)—now known as the IDEA—when a disabled child was denied a free appropriate public education.
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Answer- Yes.
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"there is no indication that agencies should be exempt from a fee award where plaintiffs have had to resort to judicial relief to provide them the process they were constitutionally due." Smith v. Robinson, 468 U.S. 992 (1984) 468 U.S. at 1014 n. 17, 104 S. Ct. at 3470-71 n. 17

Terri Ann Miener, by and Through Her Next Friend, Parent,and Guardian, Clyde J. Miener, Appellant, v. State of Missouri; Joseph P. Teasdale, Governor;department of Elementary and Secondary Education of Thestate of Missouri; Arthur L. Mallory, Commissioner Ofeducation of the Department of Elementary....

09/02/2026

The lawsuit focuses on the regulations’ provisions regarding community integration for people with disabilities. The government attorney asked the court to enter an order vacating references to community integration throughout the Section 504 regulations, including the entirety of the integration provision. The resolution does not impact other portions of the 2024 HHS Section 504 Rule.

The federal government’s Section 504 regulations have included integration provisions since 1977.

There is longstanding legal precedent interpreting the requirements of Section 504 or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The resolution recently posted by a government attorney does it change the ADA or Section 504 themselves. Only Congress can change the law.

08/28/2026

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08/27/2026

Court to farm field day

08/24/2026

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08/24/2026

National Alert System for Missing Persons with Autism

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-launches-national-autism-missing-person-alert-initiative.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAT5FDlwZG9mBWZkaWQWUNGcbzeB0hC-h7iDQbYpOSqYkfFmMWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4hYdy-sP25ZYLOEDlUEmC-Q3MdCVVcNLD7k2dAguzum1f9kDILPLmg8Fxpxw_aem_u87NWZlOl5H37FJ8znmj_A

HHS Secretary Kennedy announced the first-ever National Autism Missing and Endangered Person Alert initiative.

08/19/2026

08/18/2026

Shock gloves. ⚡️They are being used in neighboring states. If you have concerns about the safety of your child please contact an attorney and your school board now.

08/15/2026

A father says his 6-year-old, nonverbal child with autism died after being left on a daycare bus Thursday.

Bryan Jones said his daughter, Winter, rode a bus from a Cordova, Tennessee, daycare to and from Macon-Hall Elementary, and on Thursday morning, she was never taken off the bus when she arrived at the school.

Another child dead in 2026.

08/14/2026

ATTENTION TO THIS. 🚨

Yesterday, August 13, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court to throw out a major ruling involving medically complex children and their right to get care at home.

This case was about children who had already been institutionalized and children who were at serious risk of institutionalization because they were not getting the in-home nursing and support they needed.

For years, the basic understanding under Olmstead and the ADA has been that people should not have to wait until they are already in an institution before their rights matter.

If a state fails to provide the care someone needs to stay safely at home and that failure puts them at serious risk of institutionalization, that should matter.

The Eleventh Circuit agreed. It found that the risk of institutionalization can be discrimination under the ADA. 🚨 DISABILITY FAMILIES PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. 🚨