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BURLINGTON, Mass., May 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress and the state's Regional Employment Collaboratives are launching a series of regional workshops around the...

BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress will be launching its new public awareness campaign, Your Next Star, on Oct. 1, aimed at opening the eyes of...

BOSTON, March 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Saturday, March 28, one week after World Down Syndrome Awareness Day, the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress holds its 31st Annual Conference to...

BURLINGTON, MA, MASS., Dec. 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After a long 8-year effort to educate Congress about the financial hardship facing people with Down syndrome and other disabilities, the...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Get your own fist bump from Liam Fitzgerald, the 8-year-old boy with Down syndrome who became a YouTube sensation. Footage of Liam, who has Down...

BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At Fenway Park on Thursday, Oct. 23, disability advocates will gather for the ceremonial signing of the MDSC's top priority bill - the National Background...

BOSTON, Aug. 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law a bill that promises to close a loophole and protect people with intellectual and developmental...

BOSTON, July 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During the month of July, every time the Red Sox get a hit, EchoStor Technologies is donating $50 to the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, the premier...

BURLINGTON, Mass., March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Leonard P. Zakim Bridge, the iconic landmark that overlooks parts of downtown Boston and the Boston Harbor, will be aglow in blue and yellow...

WAKEFIELD, Mass., Oct. 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amid news that Down syndrome was 'silenced' in a laboratory experiment here in Massachusetts, thousands will gather on beautiful Lake Quannapowitt in...