Parents of children with intellectual disability go through intense emotional and psychological stress and may have fewer resources of emotional gratification. Frustration on the fact that the child is not able to fulfil the parents’ expectations can bring additional social and economic stress in raising the child which may provoke additional anger and complex feeling. This study assessed parental stress in the management of children with intellectual disability. a total of 147 parents of learners with intellectual disability were purposively selected for the study. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. Parental Stress Assessment Scale (r = 0.88) and Parental Stress Trajectory Scale (0.81) were utilized in the study. The data collected were descriptively analyzed using percentage count, mean and line chats. The findings revealed that parents face diverse economic, psycho-emotional, and social stressors in the management of their children with intellectual disability. It was therefore, recommended that a concerted effort from different sections of the society is needed to build parenting capacity for effective management and raising of children with intellectual disability.