This study was conducted to investigate the state of special needs education graduates in rnexercising their profession in Addis Ketema, Lideta and Gulelle sub-cities, Addis Ababa of rnEthiopia. The study employed a mixed methods approach. The population of the study was rn112(one hundred twelve); In view of that, the researcher took all 103(one hundred three) special rnneeds education professionals as a sample of the study for questionnaire purposively/availably rnselected respondents and 3(three) school principals, 3(three) sub-cities special needs education rnexpert officers, 3 (three) sub-cities educational bureau officers for interview. The instrument rnemployed to collect data from respondent were questionnaire, interview and observation. The rntechnique used to analyze; the quantitative data was frequency and percentage and the rnqualitative data was analyzed through narration. The major findings indicated that the special rnneeds education graduates in Addis Ababa city has been assigned in schools. But some of the rnspecial needs education professionals were responsible to assign in irrelevant duties. On the rnother hand, there are challenges that special needs education professionals are facing in the rncourse of their work. Because they lack of shortages in dealing with learners with disabilities, rnpoor learning environment, luck of budget, curriculum guide, instructional material, school rnfacilities and other support specialists. So due to these and other reasons many children with rndisabilities were do not got the necessary professional services and support from the school. The rnconclusion is to provide the necessary base for policy makers, planners, school administration rnand other stakeholders to realize the magnitude of the problem and design variable and effective rnchange and take measures by mitigating the problem under consideration.