This presentation includes a descriptive case study of a child who after intrusive medical interventions presented at an early learning centre with a diagnosis of autism. This case study explores the effects of a therapeutic educational environment on a child with severe autism following a traumatic medical treatment for cancer. The medical trauma caused the child to display behaviors representative of Autism. The child was formally diagnosed and multidisciplinary interventions were implemented at the school, which helped the child process and resolve the trauma, this subsequently leads to the child losing the diagnosis of Autism.