garrison horsley. the allegations were fully investigated and appropriate action was taken. mr. horsley's recruiter no longer serves with the u.s. army. >> it was pretty painful for him. he kind of went into a dark place for a while. you know, he is finally kind of coming out of that. >> reporter: still, garrison told us it was too stressful to sit down with us to retell his story on camera. he gave his dad the okay to tell his story. what's the point he wants to get across and that you want the get across? >> we don't want this to happen with anyone else. people with autism are amazing people. maybe that they have, you know, a place in the military. i think that they're missing out on some amazing people with some amazing talents. >> reporter: what do you think might have been the outcome if he had not hidden the diagnosis? >> i think that he would have been very successful. >> reporter: coming up, what happens when an active duty service member gets an autism diagnosis. >> so you might have had the option of not telling anybody about this. did you consider not telling anybody?