we said we were looking for a program for someone with autism who was aging out. this is what we saw, at one a group of adults gathered in a room doing very little. at another, people with special needs are working, gluing strips of rubber to metal. a staff member tells us they spend most of their day in this room. >> the hours are from 8:30 to 3:00. >> reporter: and outside the facility there's barbed wire the staff says is there for safety reasons. and the thing is there are often huge waitlists to get into dayhabs like these. >> somebody who works for the state told me not to look at the state programs because they are terrible. >> reporter: that speaks volumes. that someone in the state system would say, "don't come here." >> yeah. she said, "honestly they're all horrible."