It is estimated that there are between 500 and 650 million people with disabilities in the world, of whom about 10% are children. According to the Croatian Registry of Disabled Persons in Croatia there are about 510 thousand people with disabilities, of which 6.5% are children. In the Republic of Croatia, a legal framework for achieving the inclusion of people with disabilities in society has been set for last few years, but the changes, albeit significant, are still low and insufficient. This particularly relates to the inclusion of children with disabilities into the educational system and to the over-institutionalization of children with disabilities, despite the existence of adequate parental care. Contemporary societies classify deinstitualization into the priorities of their social policies and give preference to family forms of care. The aim of the research is to examine attitudes on children with disabilities and to analyze whether there are differences in attitudes towards children with disabilities of persons with different sociodemographic characteristics. In the online survey, 300 [N = 300] participants participated. From the obtained data we can state that the attitudes are mostly positive and that there is a high level of knowledge about the needs and problems of children with disabilities. One of the roles of nurses working with children with disabilities is to raise public awareness of these children, but also generally towards people with disabilities.