Every person has the right to fulfill their full potential, enjoy their rights and opportunities, make decisions about their own lives and to be accepted in society as equal. Every person has the right to have free time and the right to dedicate to himself. Parents of a person with intellectual disability often neglect themselves and their needs and put the needs of their children with intellectual disabilities first. Caring for and raising children with intellectual disabilities is a big task set in front of their parents, a task that requires a lot of time, love, perseverance, but also financial resources, and which they often cannot handle on their own. The general quality of life of the parents of a person with intellectual disabilities is low, they often leave employment and because of all this, often are stigmatized. Parents need the help and support of the environment, they and their children need to be accepted, the current level of support is extremely low, both formal and informal. It is necessary that the state and the system, and then the social workers, as it will initiate change, information and education, and then be the support that every parent of a person with intellectual disabilities will desperately need. It takes a lot of time and effort to make a change in the world in favor of the parents of a person with intellectual disabilities, but no task is easy or impossible to accomplish.