My Life Beyond Autism: A Mayo Clinic Patient Story

Tracy, like other kids, enjoys drawing, making movies, and playing. She also has autism spectrum disorder, which affects how she processes everyday situations, like making friends. Over time, she’s learned coping tricks for challenging situations. Follow Tracy as she shares her perspective on living with autism and discovering life beyond it. Children’s voices are often overlooked in modern medicine, so every story in the My Life Beyond series comes from the imagination and experience of a Mayo Clinic patient. Collaborating with physicians and author-illustrator Hey Gee, these books explore how children view illness, challenges, and recovery.

This zine combines 36 pages of full illustrations with Tracy’s firsthand account of living life as a child with autism. It offers a humbling and inspiring look at how autism affects children.