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Purpose: The goal of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of Vocal music on reducing odd behaviour among children with Intellectual Disabilities having ASD Method: Total 5 students with moderate Intellectual disability between the age group of 10-16 years studying at special school were selected as the sample for the present study. All the selected participants were at simple sentence level and having frequent level of laughing and self talking. Single group pre-test post-test research design was used for this study. BASIC -MR Part-B was administered to assess the base line and evaluation score of the odd behaviour. Performance checklist was developed to check the performance of their associated skills during signing period. The students of the group were taught singing consisted with 8 lines and jingles were also introduced along with singing. Task analysis of singing and frequency recording of selected odd behaviours were done to check the regular achievement level of the participants. Total 20 sessions were carried out for the data collection. Results: The result indicated that there is a significant difference for reducing of odd behaviour among all 5 participants of the study. Time series was done for each participant to see the difference in session wise achievement scores in singing skills and reducing odd behaviour. The rates of learning among the students were also high. This study reveals that rhythm focuses on reducing repetitive talking and laughing with other odd behaviour for easy acquisition of any task or activity which leads the participants towards Independent living. Conclusion: From the result it is evident that intervention through vocal music also helps in enhancing good communication and social skills among children with moderate intellectual disabilities having ASD. It makes the environment more meaningful to the children with ASD as it improves their social communication skills. Finally it can be concluded that introducing Vocal Music to the children with Intellectual Disabilities having ASD definitely brings positive changes in reducing all other problem behaviours. So intervention through Vocal music is regarded as one of the most suitable approach implemented for Independent Living for the children with Intellectual Disabilities having ASD.