Watch: Telford mums and kids go viral with their children in Carpool Karaoke-style video
Two Shropshire mothers and their children have starred in a Carpool Karaoke-style video which has gone viral and been shared by people all over the globe.
Sarah Case and Tara Hart, from Telford, are among 50 proud mums who star in the video with their children who have Down's Syndrome.
They are members of a Facebook group called Designer Genes which decided to make the video in support of World Down Syndrome Day.
The online support group is for parents who have children with Down's Syndrome born in 2013 and 2014.
Mrs Case, from Priorslee, stars in the video with her four-year-old son Alfie Case.
And Ms Hart, from Lightmoor, can be seen with her daughter Savannah Vincent, who is also four.
The idea for the video to mark the awareness day, on Wednesday, came after seeing videos by the group Singing Hands who do nursery rhymes in Makaton – a form of sign language.
Videos by the Singing Hands helped many in the group learn Makaton for supporting their children’s communication development.
In the video, called 50 Mums | 50 Kids | 1 Extra Chromosome, the mothers and their children recorded clips in the style of television celebrity James Corden's Carpool Karaoke and used Makaton to sign the words to A Thousand Years by Christina Perri.
The singer has also given her permission for her song to be used and supported the track.
Amazing
The video has since been watched and shared by people all over the globe, including celebrities such as James Corden.
Since being uploaded, the video has had more than 18 million views with people watching it on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
Mrs Case, who has been teaching her son Makaton since he was a year old, said it was amazing that the video had gone viral.
She said: "Nobody expected it to take off as it did.
"We wanted to do it to change perceptions. There's so many myths that need to be blown out of the water.
"One of those is that all children with Down's Syndrome look the same but you can see in the video that the children look more like their mums.
"Yes, it's different and has challenges but all children have challenges.
"Down's Syndrome doesn't define Alfie. He's the same as any other four-year-old boy. He just happens to have an extra chromosome.
"He's happy, he's sad, he loves swimming and going to the park."
World Down’s Syndrome Day is an annual worldwide campaign sharing positive messages and dispelling myths about the condition.
Support is also available from the Shropshire Down's Syndrome Support Group at sdssg.co.uk
