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The present research aimed at identifies the effectiveness of using some natural communication strategies in the development of communication among children with combined type of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. the study sample was 10 students, males with combined type of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ranging in age from 9-11.5 years, with an average of 10.35, and a standard deviation of .914, ranging from IQ to have between 71-75, with an average of 73.05, and a standard deviation of 1.50, were divided into two groups, the first experimental 5 students, and the second control 5 students, and included tools: communication scale, scale of combined type of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the program of natural communication strategies. Results indicated that all of the participants in the experimental group acquired some communication skills using some of natural communication strategies. (Published Abstract)