Azam Kiani - MSc. Clinical Psychology, Azad University, Ahvaz Research Sciences Branch, Ahvaz, Iran.
Gelavizh Mohammadi - Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mehrdad Hasanzadeh - MSc General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Payame Noor University of Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran
Fariba Mohsen Loo - MSc. Exceptional Children Psychology, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
Parvaneh Poor Rahmani - MSc. Clinical Psychology, Kermanshah University, Kermanshah Research Sciences Branch, Kermanshah, Iran

Objective:   The aim of this study was to compare the life satisfaction and hoping in mothers of children with special learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and normal.Methods:  The present research method was causal-comparative. The statistical population of was mothers of fifth and sixth-grade children in the north of Tehran, whose children, according to expert diagnosis, had a special learning disability and autism spectrum disorder, and mothers were selected from a normal group too. Finally, the sample of ۹۰ people (۳۰ people in each group) was selected by non-probabilistic and purposeful sampling method. The tools used were Snyder's Hoping Scale and Huebner's Life Satisfaction Multidimensional Scale.Results: The results showed that the mean score of hoping in mothers with autistic children was lower than that of mothers with disability and normal children (p<۰.۰۱), and the mean life satisfaction score of mothers with normal children was higher than that of mothers with autism children (p<۰.۰۱). Also, the mean score of hoping and life satisfaction of mothers with specific learning disability children was more than mothers with autism children (p<۰.۰۱).Conclusion: The relatively low level of hoping and life satisfaction in mothers of children with autism spectrum need more attention and arrangements which is very important for their psycho-social empowerment

life satisfaction, hoping, special learning disabilities, Autism spectrum Disorder, mothers