His high school has provided him with someone who takes notes for him in class. And when he goes to college in the fall, he will have to use special software so he can dictate, instead of type, his papers. Repetitive strain injury used to be considered an illness of middle-aged office and factory workers. But more and more high school and college students are complaining of RSI symptoms, The Washington Post reports. At Harvard University, more than 100 students requested help from the school's Student Disability Resource Center this year because of repetitive strain injury, compared with one student in 1991.
Doctors urge young people to take frequent breaks from their computers, and to use proper posture.