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Kam Redlawsk
Born in South Korea, raised in Michigan and thriving in California; Kam Redlawsk is a disabled award-winning industrial designer, artist, advocate, writer, traveler and speaker. She’s also a Korean American adoptee.
As a Los Angeles based artist and writer, Kam illustrates moments from her life, primarily thoughts on living with a very rare and degenerative genetic muscle-wasting condition (GNE Myopathy) for over 20 years. This condition began taking over Kam’s body at the age of 17 years old, and will eventually leave her completely immobile.
Kam graduated from Detroit’s College for Creative Studies, majoring in Automotive and Product design. During this time she became her own best advocate and began searching for a diagnosis for progressive physical symptoms she began experiencing. At the time, no one believed her, but eventually, after many misdiagnoses, she discovered she had an extremely rare form of muscular dystrophy. Doctors told her to quit college, she was too rare to care about and she’d never meet another patient like herself in her lifetime.
Since moving to Los Angeles in 2006, she has been a leading advocate for the rare disease and disability community: using art, writing, travels and tools that connect us as humans to raise awareness on vital subjects of illness and disability — something that can touch anyone of us. She was the first blogger with her disease and helped gather a global coalition of patients to share their stories. Kam soon became a self-taught illustrator out of necessity, using art to share her experience and expand awareness. Sometimes an image can describe what words cannot.
Typically, you’ll find Kam on road trips, in nature, scavenging for art destinations or concocting exploration plans. She’s a daydreamer, a chaser of inspiration and believes stories create bridges within humanity. Follow her story.
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