The purpose of this research was to compare the acceptance and rejection levels of the parents of mentally handicapped children and parents of normally developed children. The sample of the study consisted of the parents of 80 mentally handicapped children (8-18 years old) attending special education schools and parents of 80 normal children (9-12 years old) attending primary schools in Istanbul. According to research results being parents of mentally handicapped children has an effect on parent’s acceptance-rejection levels. Parents of mentally retarded children have more rejection than the parents of normally developed children.