Flying can be an ordeal for many people with disabilities who rely on wheelchairs to get from point A to…
Hawken Miller
Hawken graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2019. Before joining BioNews, he wrote for the Washington Post’s video game and esports section, Launcher, where he still contributes as a freelancer. Hawken is also a columnist for BioNews, focusing on his experience with Duchenne muscular dystrophy for Muscular Dystrophy News Today. His work has appeared in Dot Esports, The Orange County Register, KTLA 5, and The Sacramento Bee. He won a Webby for virtual reality journalism at USC.
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Articles by Hawken Miller
As my Duchenne muscular dystrophy has progressed, it’s become untenable for me to live on my own without outside…
Football and science seem to be disparate fields of play at first glance, but the nonprofit Uplifting Athletes is…
Avoiding the Folly of Comparison
Being in a power wheelchair, getting fatigued more easily than the average person, and walking with a waddle-like…
I started writing for my high school newspaper, The Bolt, when I was 17. Now 24, I’m telling the…
When I was a toddler, my parents would sit me up in my highchair in front of a big bowl…
I came down with a nasty cold two weeks ago, and even though I was sick, felt terrible, and…
After being diagnosed as a carrier of x-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) and losing her infant twin boys to the…
Last week, I traveled to the headquarters of my employer, Bionews, the publisher of Muscular Dystrophy News Today. The…
I recently started watching a YouTube channel called Yes Theory, which inspires people to “seek discomfort.” The cast of…