Families with intellectually disabled children face many problems and difficulties in the
process of care, which are influenced by their psychosocial functioning. The aim of the paper is to
present the current problems of parents with a moderately intellectually disabled. child, based on
results of the study conducted with 80 families in the Bułgaria. The results show that the tnain problems
of the parents are connected with lack of adequate support and services for their children. There
is a discussion about current changes and development of a policy for family support for children with
intellectual disability during the last ten years
