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Greece was the first country (among six European partners) where the" Paralympic School-Day" program was implemented. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of this program on the attitudes of 5th and 6th grade students, in Greece. Two groups of children were tested. The children who attended inclusive schools (n= 69) and children who attended noninclusive schools (n= 178) received an one day program, aiming in creating awareness and understanding about people with disabilities. All children answered the CAIPE-R (Block, 1995) questionnaire, which was modified to meet cultural differences in sports (basketball instead of baseball). A 2X2 analysis of variance was used to examine differences in inclusive and noninclusive schools in the pre and post tests. Results indicated significant differences (p<. 05) between groups of students from inclusive and noninclusive schools. However, these …