MARK – A CALL TO ACTION

WORLD PREMIERE OF DOCUMENTARY GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO REVIEW UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND BARRIER FREE ACCESS IN TOKYO

I documented accessible trains, inclusive restrooms and other advances toward a better built environment for people with disabilities.

The report will be published this year.

I traveled to Japan for a trio of world premieres of "Mark — A Call to Action," a disability forward documentary about the life of the late Mark Bookman.

I am in the film, quoted as a Universal Design expert, that debuted at two campuses of the prestigious University of Tokyo, as well as the esteemed Sophia University.

I met so many wonderful disability advocates, including Mark's dad -- Paul Bookman and stepmom Wasna Dabbagh, both board members of the GLIDE Fund.

It also was an honor to meet two other acclaimed experts in the documentary film --  Nagase Osamu, a professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, and longtime disability rights advocate in Japan, and Carolyn Stevens, a professor at Monash University in Melbourne, and longtime disability rights advocate.