In a bizarre twist of events, I found out my friend "V" has Asperger's syndrome and she does not know she has it.

V wanted me to go with her to see a psychiatric counselor at our university for family issues she was currently having, but the counselor pulled me aside to tell me her diagnosis. She didn't want to tell V immediately because she feared V wouldn't respond well to such a shock. Rather, she would break V into the news bit by bit to help her accept it more easily.

The problem is, V wasn't consistent with her visits to the counselor, she pretty much stopped since I went with her that day. And she graduated last month, so our University rules state that V can no longer use the counseling services at the University.

I know, it's not my place to tell her. I'm not even sure she'd believe me if I told her, but should I make an attempt to say something? Her parents aren't the greatest towards her, plus they don't believe in mental illnesses. What worries me the most is how is she going to survive the real world without the proper help?