The aim of this research was to investigate the differences between parents of ADHD children and parents of visually impaired children on measures of psychological distress, perception of parental stress, coping strategies, sense of competence and belief about discipline measures and to examine differences between their social support and different sources of social support they receive. The participants were 36 parents of ADHD children and 26 parents of visually impaired children. Parents were included in the association „Buđenje“ or project „Okovi od zlata“, where all the necessary data for the research was collected. Instruments used were Scale of Preventive Child Rearing Practices, Cognitive appraisal of each discipline behavior and Parental Stress Scale, The Parenting Sense of Competence Scale, CORE-OM Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced, Family Support Scale and Life satisfaction scale. A staisticaly signifficant difference was found between the two groups of parents in beliefs about non-punitive discipline measures and in satisfaction with their parental role. Parents of ADHD children had more positive beliefs concerning non-punitive discipline measures and they were more satisfied with their role as a parent than parents of visually impaired children. Statistical significance was found on the sources of social support. Parents of ADHD children perceive less support from their children, their partner's parents, their partner's friends and programs of intervention in early childhood then parents of visually impaired children.