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Articles by Yvette Maker
The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law
This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability and criminal law. The authors use the work of internationally renowned academic, Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry, as a springboard to reflect on recent developments in these areas of law and to anticipate the future directions they may take.
Care and Support Rights After Neoliberalism
This book offers principles for designing care and support policy to address two persistent sources of tension in the field. The first is the tension between supporting women's unpaid caring and supporting their paid work participation. The second is the tension between carers' claims for support based on the 'burden' of caring and disability rights claims for support for choice and independence for people with disabilities. Policies tend to favor one activity and one constituency over the other.
Care, Support and COVID-19
By Dr Yvette Maker Senior Research Associate, Melbourne Social Equity Institute Since mid-March, I have been working from home on, among other things, a book about care and support policy. I'm interested in how we can promote the rights of all parties to care and support relationships – especially people with disability and carers – in a manner that prioritises dignity and recognises our shared interdependence.
Why are the rates of restrictive practices in Victoria’s mental health services so high?
Twenty years ago, it was generally agreed Victoria had the best mental health services in Australia. But today, there are signs it’s faring the worst. Where once Victoria had the highest per capita spending on mental health care, it now has the lowest. Funding to community-based support and inpatient beds has failed to match significant population growth, leaving the state with the lowest number of full-time equivalent staff per capita in the country.
Making information accessible - for everyone
Banks, insurers, utilities and telecommunication companies have all been made to squirm under the spotlight in 2018 amid multiple inquiries into sales tactics and services. And a common issue that has come out of the various inquiries is the often excessive complexity of information provided on services, contract plans and pricing structures. But what if you have a cognitive disability? What if you have difficulties with learning, memory, concentration and/or decision-making?
Why does artificial intelligence discriminate?
Advances in automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) mean we’re on the threshold of discoveries that could change human society irreversibly – for better or worse. From AI that sorts CVs and shortlists job applicants, to facial recognition algorithms, these technologies are bringing new efficiencies and reducing errors in both public and private sector decision making. AI ‘learns’ by referring to the data that humans ‘feed’ it.
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