>> amalia was able to help brandon find this apartment in a government subsidized housing complex.'s tiny, less than 400 square feet. but brandon is able to live here independently with financial help from social security. he has been on his own now for 16 years. >> yeah, i like it a lot, because i can come and go as i please, and i don't have to worry about, i just feel happier. >> reporter: you don't are to worry about somebody checking up on you, you're your own man. >> and every so often, my mom checks on me on the phone or whatever, and she comes out here, and i call her and let her know what's going on, and stuff like that. >> reporter: you take a right here or keep going? >> keep going. >> fewer than one in ten autistic adults hold a full-time job. according to social security, brandon is nibble to be work because his epileptic seizures can be severe. he cannot drive or ride a bike. so he spends his days walking the sunny streets of santa monica. >> what is this called here. >> oh, the promenade. it's like an outdoor mall, and it's easy for me because i can walk everywhere,

and, as for the name, if it's amalia you want, then amalia it shall be, or i'll find another name. just for the moment, we'll refer to the characters in this way. oh, you're the son. you'll play the step-daughter, of course. what? what did you say, that woman there, me? and what you are laughing at? nobody has ever dared to laugh at me before. either you treat me with respect or i'm walking out. well, forgive me. i wasn't laughing at you. you should feel yourself honored to be played by... that woman there. but my remark wasn't meant as a criticism of you. i was thinking about myself. because you see, i can't see myself in you at all. i don't know how to. you're not a bit like me. exactly, that is the point that i wanted to make. look, all that we express... what do you mean, all that you express? do you think this whatever it is that you express is something you've got inside you? not a bit of it. why not? aren't even the things we express our own? of course, they aren't. the things that you express become material here for the actors, who give it body and form and voice and gestu

. >> now amalia star made a career of counselling parents of autistic children who are entering adulthoodhey'll get there when they get there. it will be perfect timing for them. maybe not for us, but them. >> molly is laying the ground work so her 19-year-old son james can live and thrive on his own. >> what is your biggest concern about him leaving your home? >> the biggest concern - one of them is he'd have something to do, like have a job. but safety. because james is - he's naive and trusting. we need to work with teaching him about what is safe and not safe, where to go. when we as parents understand that our children live 75% of our lifetime as adults, and much of their time is without us, our job, whether they are 2 or undiagnosed, our job is to help the children reach maximum independence. the next job after that is learn the art of letting go. >> sometimes i play the cd, it doesn't work. >> for amalia letting go is not easy. she sees her adult son once a month. >> it's time for a new one, like the other stuff. >> that's a good thing to put on your list. >> brandon, too, has advi

. >> amalia hoy nos presenta la historia de una madre que luchÓ durante 22 aÑos para lo obrar algo queasado mÁs de 22 aÑos y solo ello sabe todo lo que vivÓo para sacar adelante a sus 3 hijos. >> habÍa ocasiones en que me tenÍa que ir de 06:00 am hasta 11 de la noche porque trabajaba en varios turnos a veces cambiaba y entrada de 3 a 11. >> se dedicaba a cuidar a un skwoins enfermos cuidaba casas hasta paseaba enfermos. >> quisiere ser fuerte, pero es muy difÍcil para mi, lo que me falta ahora es decir, me dedico a ver a mi hijo a mi mamÁ y mi padre muriÓ hace 4 aÑos no pude ir a su entierro por lo menos sin ir a ver su tumba adonde estÁ enterrado. >> aunque ello siga luchando por solucionar su difÍcil realidad espera correr con la misma suerte que tuvo cuando fue sorprendido hace algunos aÑos por la abogada jessica dominguez. >> miren lo que les traigo, su residencia permanente legal. >> me cambio la vida porque ahora si puede salir del paÍs con mi mamÁ entonces estoy feliz pero no totalmente porque todavÍa estamos esperando que le oye dÉ la residencia a mi mamÁ. >> sus hijos son los

tells us is that many of them have been killed in somalia and they were all small and returned to his amalia and when i asked some of the people on those who are going to syria and there may be an exception. almost none of them are serious. they are all from other places. so i think that the fbi is so busy doing these things that they have the three of you reflecting on these. if there are any like this, we are offering a relatively soon. the just pick up the phone and say we think that the luminary at this time, if we were to do this, let us notice the same way we were. just something that we honestly won't break the budget. but if we can shift around and do this because the guy is looking at it and thinking we can take some of this and they are, we have the ideas between there, calls on the mound and tell us that. and i'm very grateful that the three of you were willing to do this. and we are kind of looking at this from an experienced point of view. >> i always come and take with fresh eyes. and i appreciate the fact that the director has been very open to say that okay, we want this done