This is the sweetest Carpool Karaoke video ever
World Down Syndrome Day is just around the corner–on March 21–and to celebrate, a group of mothers made a video to show the love and good times they share with their kids, who have trisomy 21.
Set to Christina Perri’s hit song, “A Thousand Years,” the video shows 50 mums from the UK sitting in their cars with their kids expressing their feelings for each other while signing and singing along. Take a look, but make sure you have some tissues handy.
The mums originally got in contact with each other through a Facebook group called Designer Genes, which serves as a support group for parents of kids with Down syndrome who were born in 2013 and 2014. According to the description on YouTube, the inspiration for the Carpool Karaoke-esque video came from a similar video made by Singing Hands, which is an organization in the UK that helps parents and children with oral communication challenges learn a special form of sign language called Makaton.
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