Relational approach to autism is a specific way of understanding needs of the childwith development disorders based on three strong fundaments – psychoanalysis,development psychology and psychopathology. It is a result of complex research oftypical development and identification of caretaker’s intuitive reactions, whichsupport the child best and in a natural way. Relational therapy is not a remedy forevery issue in autism. However, it should be an important, central element ofa good-enough, holistic educational and therapeutic program. An introductionto other, educational-oriented activities, like learning which is a dyadic process ofinteraction between two people of whom one is always a teacher for another. Connectionand relation should be an essence of every intervention dedicated to autisticchildren to, as a result, make the autism thaw.