This study focused on the attitudes of parents on the inclusion of children with mentalrnretardation with objectives of finding out the scene on the inclusion of the children atrnhome level, neighborhood and the school or training in the community. The method usedrnwas qualitative including feelings of 6 parents in Addis Ababa and the surrounding ruralrncommunity. Their statuses are one educated and high economical status, two mediumrnlevel with farm economy; two single mothers and a couple with low education and lowrneconomy. Variety is observed among the children whose problem of intensity rangesrnfrom mild to sever levels of adaptive behaviors. Their types and chronological age levelsrnwere; two girls with Down Syndromes of age 7&11; a girl with microcephally of age 23;rnage 7 boy of multiple disability with brain damage; a boy with hydrocephally of age 27,rnwith multiple disability; and a boy of age 25 with an unidentified type but with moderaternretardation.rnThe findings showed the parents' attitudes to be very similar but one parent althoughrnuneducated and from low income is positive and has a quality relationship with the child.rnThis created the possibility for the inclusion of her child at home and as well as in arnregular school, except the isolation in the neighborhood. The major factors for generationrnand maintenance of positive attitudes were; parental style of the mother's (the way thernparents were brought up), educational background, exposure during childhoodrndevelopment to have virtues like intuition, love and tolerant behavior together with thernexistence of a CBR intervention of an NGO in the area. The prevalent attitudes on therninclusion of the children at all levels are surprisingly negative. It was also observed thatrnthere was a distinct gender difference when it comes to sharing of responsibility andrncaring for children. The roles played by fathers is negligible. The contributing causesrnare the psychological coping mechanism of the parents, lack of awareness on the causesrnand treatment, lack of early intervention, and any community programs concernmgrntraining or education to the children, parents, the neighbors and siblings.rnThe study has recommended detail intervention strategies from macro to micro level withrnthe implementation of the rights of children with disabilities, parent empowerment,rnsensitization of the community and the neighborhood, individual intervention to parentsrn(counseling), early intervention, training of education to the child, Child to childrnprograms to the siblings in the neighborhood and in the school