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The present study aims to compare socio-demographic features and perception of social support among the parents of mentally retarded children. Parents of 135 mentally retarded children attending special education institutions within the borders of Konya composed the sampling of the research. Personal Information Form and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were applied in order to determine the socio-demographic features of the parents of mentally retarded children. SPSS software package was used for data analysis and t-test and one-way analysis of variance were used for independent samples in the course of analysis. According to the results of the research, there was a statistically significant relation between the social support perceived by parents of mentally retarded children and age, motherhood or fatherhood and income status.