shaun stockman has never shid away from the camera, until something drastically changed his life. in 2003. they later found out that one of them was autistic. >> we started to see a change in mike after one year old. it was drastic, because michael was the first one to talk, he was the first one to walk. everything seemed to be very, very normal. then just all of a sudden everything just started going like this. >> after the speech therapist saw him for two days, she said, i don't think that we're dealing with a language delay, i think it's something else. when he finally got the diagnosis, i felt like michael was taken from me. >> i did not know what to do. one thing a man hates when it comes down to his family is not knowing what to do. >> when mika first came to us, he wasn't talking. so the first things we worked on were imitation and to begin the process of communication. now we're working on self-help skills that will help him get through the day independently. >> he works with a therapist during the day, but we put him in a beautiful school called locklust hemt try. . >> mi

with me now shaun stockman and one of the commodores.richie also had some memorable performers on "bandstand." you said you sounded on key. is this an unusual event? >> it happens more than people think, the off-key thing. >> what does it mean to you to see dick clark introducing you as a group? how big a moment is that for any musical act? >> think i appreciate it now more than i did then. because back then, we were still very much kids and everything at that time, our success came from fast. -- very fast. so everything just came at our heads, so it was one of those things where, yes, dick clark is awesome, we know who he is, we know how important he is, but it was just more about just going out there and singing, but now looking back and seeing all of the things that mr. clark has done for us and so many other people, i realize how great those moments, watching them really are. >> william king, i mean one of the key things that i felt that dick clark did, which has probably been underplayed today, amid all the tributes, was the incredi