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Watched it straight for four hours. >> reporter: and nick has another common autistic trait, severe obsessive compulsive disorder. >> reporter: i saw him walking through a room. and he walked only on the edge of the room. >> he's developed a very, we call it choreography. it could take him two hours sometimes to cross a room. it's painful to watch. >> reporter: nick needs individual attention that's hard to provide in a classroom. so his local school district sends aides to work with him one-on-one at home. but like eric, nick's 21st birthday is around the corner. they'll both abruptly lose th...

And in 40 some odd weeks from now, we're gonna find out. >> reporter: the burden of caring for eric and nick will fall almost entirely on their families especially on their mothers and you're about to see what happens as they prepare for that life changing moment. >> reporter: in a sign of just how much progress nick has made his family is able to take him to his favorite place on earth, disneyworld. >> i think it's a cause for celebration, because he's come such a long way. >> reporter: but will nick, and eric's progress continue without help? >> without purposeful things to do he will fall b...

Is not a good idea for him. >> reporter: eric has been a student at the rebecca school for the past five years. it's a private school dedicated to providing specialized support like speech and occupational therapy to children with developmental disabilities. >> it's a place where he's understood and he's cared about. he loves the teachers. he's very, very attached to them. the rebecca school is like a family to him. >> reporter: it's expensive too, $100,000 a year. after some costly legal wrangling, eric's parents got the public school district to pick up the tab. that's because federal law sa...

Teachers and friends to stimulate his language skills, eric is already losing some of the speech he gained in school. >> so she can't sit in a sofa. circle. >> sofa or circle? >> circle. so he, so she can't sit in a so, in a circle. >> in a circle. >> he's sleeping 12, 13 hours. kind of drifting in and out of his room, singing to himself a lot. >> from a distance, there -- talking to himself a lot, really regressing into his own world. a lot of withdrawal. ♪ >> reporter: eric's mother has explored free day programs offered by the state known as "dayhabs." she didn't like what she saw. what d...

>> reporter: and instead of weekly dinner dates with his mom, eric meets with a language coach his own age paid for by his parents. and their conversation sounds like any other dinner date. >> thank you for asking! >> good morning, pam! >> good morning! how are you today? >> reporter: but the best news is eric's mom has traded the dayhab for something even better. he's been selected for a competitive art program for adults with developmental disabilities. it's called pure vision arts and is a program of the shield institute, a non- profit organization. eric shows us some of his artwork. and is...