#shiro: ....that puts so many things in perspective. how do you feel kiddo? keith: why'd they make ALL THE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT---

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my personal headcanon right now even though it could very well change depending on what i decide is funniest at the moment is that keith never got an autism diagnosis. no one even considered it. his dad was like "yep. just like his mom." (his mom is also autistic) and shiro is like "yeah this kid's gonna be a little weird he's traumatized and has only ever talked to two people. nothing more to see." keith Also figures that that's what's going on.

lance and hunk are diagnosed though. pidge is self dx but there's really no other explanation for what's going on with her. they diagnose keith with peer reviewed autism. allura as well. they ask keith one day "hey keith did you ever get tested for autism. this is not an insult." and keith just stares at them blankly. he goes "what." and they say again "keith did you ever get tested for autism. this is not an insult." and he goes "...no?" and then they make him promise to take the raads-r when he's back on earth but he takes all the questions literally and gets frustrated. "what is this even asking me" he says. "that's the point" they say. "that's stupid" he says. his score is something insane like 260. they didn't even know it went that high. one of us. one of us. one of us.

they are not sure if altea even discovered autism. they probably did right? they're so much more advanced than earth. it probably just has its own altean word. allura tells them how to say autism in altean but of course she understands the english for it. she's been speaking english this whole time. yes she has it. she got diagnosed when she was 15 give or take. one of us. one of us. one of us.