The Special Education Division of the California State Department of Education funded six pilot programs as part of a state-legislated Awareness Program. The goal of the programs was to make nonhandicapped students in grades K-8 aware of the special problems encountered by disabled persons. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Awareness Program in terms of its impact on participants. Evaluation activities involved site visits, document review, and review of prior evaluations of individual programs. In addition, statewide evaluation questionnaires and program impact data were collected from 1,513 regular students, 135 teachers, and 73 disabled students. Findings indicated that the Awareness Program met its overall goal in significantly increasing student knowledge about disabled persons. Some of the pilot programs achieved a positive change in student attitude toward disabled persons even though the Program as a whole did not show a significant attitude change. Both students and teachers were well aware of physical barriers faced by disabled persons even before their participation in the Awareness Program. There was some evidence, although not definite, that the Awareness Program promoted student and teacher acceptance of disabled persons and had a positive impact on teacher attitude toward disabled persons. (JDD)