i remember making cold calls to 30 agencies and just taking notes like crazy and i look back at the notes and i'm like, "my god." it was chaos. >> you're doin' all right. >> reporter: there is one particular program lenore has been desperate to get nick enrolled in before he aged out known as "self determination." the government would allocate a certain amount of money for nick and let his family pick and choose how to spend it on services for him at home. but with graduation just a few weeks away, lenore finds out he's been wait listed. >> he has no program to transition to. because the funding is not there and he is stuck on a waiting list. >> ok thanks, bye bye. >> reporter: eric's mother mary is deeply concerned about her son's transition too. she's been looking for adult programs for him for years. >> my short list of things that i thought probably would come through, i'm working my way through them and i'm getting a lot of shut doors. >> reporter: mary's finding there are few options for adults and even fewer options for