Haug Joins Editorial Advisory Board Rehab Management welcomes Heather Haug, MA, OTR, to the Editorial Advisory Board. In addition to serving as cochair for the Assistive Technology Consortium of Southern California, Haug is the program director of the Assistive Technology Center for Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation, Pomona, Calif. Haug received her BS in human services from California State University Fullerton, and her MA in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She primarily works in outpatient settings with working-age adults who have injuries or disabilities. She specializes in assistive technology and neuroprostheses for spinal cord injury. “In accepting this position, I hope to share my optimism and knowledge of technology and medical advances available to the disabled community,” Haug says. “I look forward to providing insight to articles related to helping patients and clients return to productive lives, including work, school, leisure, and independent home activities.” Bush Promises to Implement Olmstead On May 15, the Bush Administration said that the President would sign an executive order to implement the Olmstead decision within 30 days. The announcement came after a meeting with 16 representatives of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), who were escorted to a meeting with White House officials an hour after 500 ADAPT activists displayed a report card of the President’s first 100 days in office outside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The Denver-based organization advocates community services for individuals with disabilities. Officials present at the meeting included John Bridgeland, director of the President’s Domestic Policy Council; Diane Schacht, Special Assistant to the President for Justice Policy; and the President’s Special Assistant to the Director of the National Economic Council. Bridgeland gave ADAPT representatives his telephone number to check on the status of the order. The US Supreme Court Olmstead v LC decision in 1999, referred to as the integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), requires that services for individuals with disabilities be provided in “the most integrated settings”—not institutions alone. Bush, who as Texas governor had sided against Olmstead, included implementation of the Olmstead decision among his February 2001 New Freedom Initiative priorities. Supreme Court Lets Martin Ride The Supreme Court decided 7-2 that golfer Casey Martin, who suffers from the circulatory disorder Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, can ride in a cart between shots on the PGA Tour. Casey sued the PGA Tour in 1997 under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. In the majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged that the tour’s walking rule introduces fatigue as a factor in the game, but added that Martin’s circulatory disorder causes him greater fatigue even with a cart than in his competitors who walk. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying that the May 29 decision “exercises benevolent compassion that the law does not place within our power to impose.”
