Objective To develop a questionnaire to evaluate needs of parents with handicapped children by introducing the Family Needs Survey (FNS). Methods Translation, back translation and cultural adaptation were performed to develop the Chinese version of the FNS after obtaining authorization of the creator,then survey was conducted. Results The overall cronbach′s alpha coefficient was 0.933 and that for dimensions ranged from 0.701 to 0.855. The SpearmanBrown splithalf reliability was 0.953 for the total scale, and ranged from 0.786 to 0.900 for dimensions. The content validity index for the total scale was 1.000. Six factors were identified through exploratory factor analysis, which could explain 61.810% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the structure of the scale was acceptable. 〖WTHZ〗Conclusion〖WTBZ〗 The Chinese version of FNS can be used to assess needs of parents of handicapped children with good reliability and validity.