A BST RA CTThe authors report on a study of student attitudes towards disabled students in three colleges of further education. They found that many non-disabled students were not aware of the various issues facing disabled students at the colleges. Social contact between disabled and non-disabled students was not extensive, although those who had attended school with disabled pupils were more likely to have friendships with disabled students at college. Whilst non-disabled students were strongly supportive of inclusive education in principle, m any saw inclusion in the mainstream as conditional on the particular impairm ent of an individu al. Disabled and non-disabled students supported the view that early social and educational contact results in greater mutual understanding, and is of bene® t to all students.