Truly touched! I hope you will come to the Preview Party of the Tour and say hello!

On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:17 PM, John wrote:

I saw the house tour item you posted on MSPEC and then stumbled onto the rest of your blog. How old is your son? How is he dealing with the information? If he'd like to talk to my 19-year-old, now a college sophomore, about his memories of learning his dx, please let me know. I'm sure James would be happy to discuss. And here's an account that ends with him coming to terms with the knowledge at age 8:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/29/education/one-boys-journey-out-of-autisms-grasp.html
Best, John 

My response:

Truly touched!  I hope you will come to the Preview Party of the Tour and say hello!  Thank you for sharing!

http://www.realshorthills.com/house-tour-benefiting-autism-awareness/

Best,

MELANIE ROSENBAUM

Sales Associate & Blogger

Melanie@RealShortHills.com

(973)768-1818 cell

www.RealShortHills.com

3rd Annual Short Hills House Tour  (10/3/15 with Preview Party 10/2/15)

Press Release: 3rd Annual Short Hills House Tour to Benefit Autism Awareness

Press Release:

3rd Annual Short Hills House Tour to Benefit Autism Awareness

Preview Party: 10/2 7pm-9pm

House Tour: 10/3 12noon-3pm

The 3rd Annual Short Hills House Tour to Benefit Autism Awareness will take place on October 3rd, 2015 from noon to 3 pm, with a preview party on October 2nd, 2015 between 7 - 9 pm. Tickets are available for $25.00, and may be purchased via Eventbrite.  All proceeds directly benefit autism awareness locally.

Autism affects 1 in 45 children in New Jersey. 

With those astonishing numbers, Sales Associate & Blogger, Melanie Rosenbaum of RealShortHills along with Keller Williams Premier Properties have put together a fundraising real estate market tour experience in which participants will be given the opportunity to view local available Keller Williams Premier Properties Real Estate in Millburn and Short Hills, with properties usually ranging $1M - $5M. These homes will be opened to those attending with food, light bites, and treats provided by Guaranteed Rate.

12 Ferndale Road, Short Hills

A Short Hills House Tour Preview Party will be held on Friday 

October 2nd, from 7pm-9pm in which participants will have the chance to spend time in one of the tour homes. This year’s home is available modern new construction by upscale local architects, Simonian Rosenbaum Architects. They have been completing projects in Short Hills since the 1990s, with this project being described as “a Falling Water moment” (Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous house) by another local Short Hills architectural and real estate admirer.  Also to be enjoyed over the course of the evening, will be lovely flowers by KP Designs, artwork by Contemporary Art and Edition, along with music by Sunhill.  Event details are beautifully curated by Emily Whitman.

On Saturday, October 3rd, between 12 - 3 pm, participants are welcome to attend the 3rd Annual Short Hills House Tour to Benefit Autism Awareness. All proceeds go towards funding Autism NJ’s Classroom Kits for our local schools. Kits will be provided to teachers within our public school system to foster acceptance and build understanding within the classroom. The kits include literature about autism, decorations, informational posters, giveaways for the children, professional development opportunities, and classroom lesson plans to spread autism awareness and celebrate next year’s Autism Awareness month in April.

To support this worthwhile cause and take part in what is sure to be a truly memorable local event by purchasing a ticket, please go to this link on Eventbrite.

For additional information about Autism NJ, please visit: www.AutismNJ.org.

For all other inquiries or more information, please contact Melanie Rosenbaum, Sales Associate with Keller Williams Premier Properties at Melanie@RealShortHills.com, or please visit www.RealShortHills.com.  

Autism NJ Deliver the Classroom Kits

Autism NJ Deliver the Classroom Kits

On March 23, 2015 just in time for Autism Awareness month in April lots of boxes were delivered. 

Lots of boxes, that served as gifts to teachers with supplies for classrooms of about 25 students. The Teacher Classroom Kits included materials such as brief lesson plans, student give always, classroom decorations, posters, info for students and their parents to learn more about the disorder. 

Brynn Alberici, a director at Autism NJ and one of the creators of this amazing teacher resource was kind enough to personally deliver the boxes to my home.

Even the Persident of Hartshorn PTO, Sonali Ghanti and the President of Caring Kids came out to show their support of these wonderful gifts. Caring kids actually presented the brief lessons to some of the students in 2nd and 3rd grades. It truly was a collaborative effort with so many!  Thank you! 

For tickets and info to the next tour, go to www.RealShortHills.com. 

He knows he has autism.

Today my son was telling me a story about a boy who has autism.  I asked him if he knew what autism was and he said, "it is a very bad disease that causes problems with peoples brains".  I told him that it is not a disease, but a disorder. And it is only as bad as you let it be.  In other words, there are things and even medicines to help manage the problems that the disorder may cause.  He continued to describe the boy as someone who was very sensitive.  He was saying that the boy acted "really upset for no reason".  I told my son there are triggers, and motioned like I was poking at something.  I explained that sometimes people get triggered or poked by something, and then they feel and react the way they do.  Your emotions and feelings just get the best of you sometimes.  And the best thing to do is understand when you are triggered.  We talked about how he got upset earlier in the day.  Then he asked me if he had autism.  I told him the truth...