Disability News Japan Podcast: Mark Bookman (1991 – 2022) In Remembrance & Action One Year Later

By Barrier Free Japan

December 16 2023

JAPAN – It has been one year since Mark Bookman, a historian, whose specialism was disability policy, died on December 16th 2022.

Mark 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’. The documentary “Mark – A Call to Action” produced by GLIDE will premiere in February 2024. 

Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/04/17/the-late-mark-bookmans-call-to-action-about-international-disability-education/

Work by or featuring Mark Bookman:

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

“Paralimited Access (w/Mark Bookman)” via ‘Japan by River Cruise’ https://archive.japanbyrivercruise.com/episodes/paralimited-access-w-mark-bookman

“Paralympics as Possibility” | Mark Bookman | TEDxFulbrightTokyo https://youtu.be/EUvkdhrIgsg

“Beyond the Games: Can the Paralympics’ success spur change?” By Mark Bookman from The Japan Times (September 6 2021) https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2021/09/06/commentary/japan-commentary/tokyo-paralympics-legacy/?fbclid=IwAR0FLrDsUzH9VYtFMpDn9nBUZ1mwumHnhaOrwWmERLal-KoOM7FSidi8xnA#lbrwuv5e8d5bphr84xh

GLIDE Website: https://www.glidefund.org