Background: This article explores the social life within and outside the university of 17 young Spanish people with intellectual disabilities studying in a postsecondary education programme. This programme offers training for inclusion in the labour market. Students obtain a certificate, which is not an official university degree. Methods:…

Fifty-seven physically disabled young people and 62 controls, aged 18-25, rated themselves according to the degree of difficulty they experienced in 12 social situations. While both groups cited difficulties, 37 percent of the disabled group experienced difficulties that were severe in nature, compared to only 3 percent of the comparison group.…

After participating in a social skills program, the trained group showed decreases in social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation. Shyness should be dealt with by family life educators because of its implications regarding development of intimacy and dealing with conflict in a marital relationship. (Author/JAC)