take his case, and after three months on the wait list, he is approved for that self-determination program. lenor now has state medicaid money to hire a support team for nick, including some familiar faces, like his former teacher holly. >> the team that comes to help him helps me do better for him because when they are here, they meet his needs. >> you can breathe. >> they carry him. i get to sit back as mom and go you go, guy. like, look. you can do it. >> i don't know what's bothering you today. >> reporter: here's something that may seem odd that makes nick's mom proud. he is crying. expressing emotion like this has always been a challenge for him. >> when he cries, there's a little happy dance going on from my side because he didn't do it before. he does it now, which means i bet there's a lot more that he didn't do before that's going to happen. and we're ready. >> reporter: but lenor can't sit