Mental Health and Autism Distressed Behavior of Mother of Autistic Children

The present study aimed to know the mental health and autism distressed behavior of mother of autistic children it also aimed to check mental health and autism distressed behavior of with reference to type of mother (working and nonworking mother) and type of family (nuclear and joint family). Method: The sample constituted total 60 mother out of which 30 were from type of mother 15 working and 15 nonworking mother and 30 were from type of family 15 nuclear family 15 joint family. Tool: The tolls were used mental health check list developed by Pramod kumar and Autism distressed behavior developed by Dr.Neelam K. Sharma and Nidhi shrma . the collected data was statistically analyzed by using ‘t’ test. Results and Conclusion: The result showed that There is significant difference between the mean score of mental health and autism distressed behavior of type mother, working mother and nonworking mother group show high mental health and autism distressed behavior and There is no significant difference between the mean score of mental health and autism distressed behavior  type of family (Nuclear and joint family) of mother of autistic children.