High school (N=116), community college (N=88), and state university (N=105) students residing in San Bernardino, California, responded to a 20-item, 5-point Likert-type questionnaire regarding social, sexual, career, and educational attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Students also identified their perception of the term "handicapped" and identified which disability they would most dislike having, which was mental retardation. Results demonstrated positive attitudes toward disabled persons. The four most positive attitudes were expressed in items which dealt with having a disabled person as a friend, willingness to sit by a disabled person on a plane, voting for a handicapped person for senator, and believing that a handicapped person could be a good teacher. Students strongly disagreed with statements asserting that handicapped people should not be allowed to marry, have little interest in sexual matters, do not need sex education classes, and are not qualified for most employment. Persons with higher educational levels tended to have more positive attitudes about disabled people. These results can be put to use by rehabilitation counselors who can educate nondisabled persons about the actual abilities, particularly in the workplace, of disabled individuals. (CB)