A Brief Review of Four Articles Related to Parents of Autistic Children: Psychological and Sociological Perspectives This article will discuss the psychological and sociological perspectives of parents who have children with autism. This article will address psychology – the performance of individuals and their mental actions (Gerrig, Zimbardo, Campbell, Cumming, & Wilkes, 2005) and sociology – the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society. (Germov, 2009). Psychological and sociological processes will both be examined from the perspective of parents in relation to their child's autism. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by deficiencies in social interaction and communication, limited and repetitive behavioral patterns, and often a wide variety of other symptoms (Ekas & Whitman, 2011). The condition of ASD often presents serious problems for parents trying to cope with the demands produced by their child's disability and the resulting social consequences (Gray, 2002). This essay will examine four articles that convey the psychological and sociological perspectives of parents who have children with ASD. The first article studies the stigma felt and enacted among parents of children with high-functioning autism. 53 parents of children with high-functioning autism were interviewed. The interviews conducted were through in-depth semi-structured interviews. Both a psychological and sociological approach was used to research this question. This is because the questions asked concerned both the psychological and sociological perspectives of the parents. The research method used was qualitative. The article's findings showed that... half of the article... diagnoses were particularly concerned about how their children would fare when they became young adults. Parents of children diagnosed with autism have made positive adjustments in the form of changed worldviews regarding life and disability and have come to appreciate the positive contributions children make to society as a whole. The author believes the limitation is that the severity of autism has not been measured. Furthermore, a limitation of the study is that they would have had to broaden the area where the population was interviewed, crossing a number of cities. In conclusion it can be seen that the 4 articles all examined the psychological aspects and sociological perspectives of having children with ASD. have carefully examined the psychological and sociological effects of the psychological and sociological perspective of parents with children with ASD.