GWEN IFILL:

But, first, we continue our series A Place in the World.

Last night, we reported on a group of young men with autism who have moved out of their childhood homes, in a first step toward living independently, all except the man on the lower right, whose level of disability makes the prospect of a rewarding adulthood much too complicated to achieve.

John Donvan has part two of our report.

JOHN DONVAN, Co-Author, "In a Different Key: The Story of Autism": His name is Matt Resnik and, without knowing it, he has helped changed the face of autism in his hometown Phoenix, Arizona, and not just because he produces of a line of baked goods, SMILE Biscotti, which are for sale all over the city, even here at Peet's Coffee at Phoenix International Airport.

Matt is literally the face of SMILE Biscotti, where the ads quite deliberately mention that he has autism.