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Monday, October 07, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,55349,00.html Stretching Minds, Bodies in Class Katie Dean ...As more kids use computers in schools, desks must be adjusted to fit both the 6-foot-tall seventh-grader who shot up like a dandelion over the summer, and the 5-foot classmate still waiting for his growth spurt. That's the message that the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is hoping to get across by issuing a set of ergonomic strategies for parents, teachers and kids. "We're concerned with the health and well-being of children," said Brynda Pappas, a spokesperson for the AOTA. "Since over a fourth of our members work in schools with children, we see that these ergonomic problems have the potential to negatively affect their development." ...
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