I believe 65% of parents where the child has a disability have taken a demotion and few work full time. How do single parents manage where they are full time and have children with disabilities? I am a single parent and have several kids; one of whom has autism and ADHD. I find it difficult to go anywhere, impossible to go out to malls to go clothes shopping myself, tricky to get grocery shopping done, to feel like I am sane. Sometimes I think perhaps I’m just hopeless. The children’s father is contributing very little financially or otherwise. I cannot rely on him to take them for the weekend or for the night.