Friday catch-up notes—17 April 2026
What should've-maybe appeared as a post this week?
Editor’s note: This post contains snippets (and links) about stories, resources, and observations that the SET authors didn’t quite develop into posts over the past week.—JohnL
In the letters section of JAMA Pediatrics for 13 April 2026, Kira Philipsen Prahm and colleagues published data from yet another analysis of the association between women taking acetaminophen and autism in their children. The researchers examined ~1.5 million records of mothers in Denmark and focused on ~31,000 who filled prescriptions for acetaminophen during pregnancy. They found that the about 1.8% of the acetaminophen exposed women had children later diagnosed with autism, but about 3.0% of the unexposed group had children with autism.
On Fox 13 (Tampa Bay, FL), Craig Patrick reported on 16 April 2026 “Errors and denials: The hidden cost behind Florida’s disability waitlist.” It is a story that is mostly about losing social services (not education so much), but this lede encourage me to note it: “While thousands of children with severe disabilities wait years for home-based care, Florida’s Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) has been returning unspent money to the state.”
Over on Microassist’s site, Jack McElaney published “Young People and Families Are Driving the Push for a More Inclusive Future.” It was a feature in Mr. McElaney’s regular e-mail newsletter, Accessibility in the News, that is chocked full of current events.
Ed Week reported that Catherine Snow, noted scholar on language and literacy, will host a discussion about what can be learned from intervention research and practice for adolescents. It’s called “Unlocking Success for Struggling Adolescent Readers” and is slated for Wednesday 29 August 2026.