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We explored adolescents' implicit and explicit attitudes toward\u00a0peers with genetic conditions to determine whether improved genetics\/genomics literacy can mitigate the impact of ableism in this population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>English\u2010speaking adolescents (10\u201318 years) from British Columbia were invited to complete a Disability Attitudes Implicit Association Test (DA\u2010IAT) and participate in a semi\u2010structured focus group centering on a fictionalized vignette about an adolescent with Down syndrome. We used pragmatism as an analytical paradigm. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze DA\u2010IAT and sociodemographic data; phronetic iterative analysis with constant comparison as a coding strategy for transcripts; and interpretive description to develop a conceptual model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty\u2010two adolescents completed the DA\u2010IAT and participated in one of four focus groups. Participants had a statistically significant implicit preference for non\u2010disabled people (D\u2010score\u2009=\u20090.72, SD\u2009=\u20090.44; <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20097.18, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.00001). They demonstrated greater diversity in their explicit attitudes during the focus groups. Although participants articulated a positive attitude toward\u00a0improved genetics education, results demonstrate their belief that social and personal interactions with disabled peers would be essential to address negative perceptions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study lays important groundwork to understand, explain, and influence the negative attitudes of adolescents toward\u00a0individuals with disabilities. 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