The Late Mark Bookman’s ‘Call To Action’ About International Disability Education

By Barrier Free Japan

April 18 2023

JAPAN – Mark Bookman PhD, was a historian, whose specialism was disability policy and related social movements in Japanese and global contexts. He studied Japanese Studies at University of Pennsylvania, and at the time of his death on December 16th 2022 he was Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Tokyo.

Before he died, Mark was working on a new project; a charity that would help organisations such as governments & businesses include people with disabilities. The charity is called ‘GLIDE’ or ‘Global Leaders in International Disability Education’.

Mark – ‘A Call to Action’ Trailer: https://vimeo.com/815400131?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=41605078