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>> eric wants a quiet ending. no ceremony. no party. no celebrations. eric's principal says his departure is tough on everyone. >> i feel like a mother hen here for eric and all the students. eric has come so far, but it is concerning he will not go some place that is supportive and meet his needs and move ahead. i am worried about him. that makes it harder to see him go. >> time to go home. >> everybody should give these kids and adults a chance because what they bring to the tablemaa.

Time. >> reporter: did you miss it? >> oh i was heartsick. >> reporter: but then on the other hand i'm sure you would do absolutely anything for your son. >> of course. that's what was happening. i couldn't say no to any possiblity of help for him. you know, i just saw so much potential. i knew this kid had so much in him, that any help that he needed, i, we gave to him. >> reporter: the symptoms of autism are measured on a spectrum. eric is roughly in the middle. there are many people who are far more challenged, like nickolas kubicsko. his story starts at home on new york's long island, wher...

Been a big change and frightening one. >> with no more teachers and friends to stimulate language skills, eric is losing the speech he gained in school. >> he cannot sit in the -- so he can't sit in the circle. >> he is sleeping 12 or 13 hours. drifting in and out of his room. singing to himself a lot. talking to himself a lot. really regressing into his own world. withdraw. >> eric's mother has explored free day programs offered by the state known as day habs. she doesn't like what she has seen. >> what did you see? >> i saw rooms full of people with heads on their tables and wandering around...

Say to florida you have to do the same thing. >> at this point under the law, no. >> what's more, states split the medicaid dollars between the poor and people with disabilities. she says it all adds up to a system that can't take that much weight. back in new york, nick's family decides he is better off staying put. they make a difficult decision. they're breaking up the family. mike will move to florida for his job alone. >> what does it mean for the family? >> it will be long distance. it leaves nick and my daughter and i here to try to figure out how we're going to be three quarters of a f...

For adults and fewer options for adults with autism. >> i wanted to put in one of the local ys with a special needs program. they only go to 14. this is the phrase i hear from agency program center all the time. >> on the day after his 21st birthday, eric walks in to school for the last time. >> hi, eric. >> sabrina. not done yet. wait until 2016. >> so far away. right now we're in 2012. >> it's really tough. i wish we had more of a plan for eric. >> joshua, eric's teacher, says the day is more difficult because eric is the first student to age out of the rebecca school. >> we brought him so f...