A BICESTER mum stars in a new video with her four-year-old daughter to raise awareness about Down’s Syndrome.

The viral hit, which features 50 parent/child duos singing and signing to Christina Perri’s ‘A Thousand Years’, has so far been viewed more than 1.2 million times since it launched less than a week ago.

Among them are Jacqui Hicklin and her daughter Sienna, who was born in the maternity unit at Chipping Norton Community Hospital in October 2013.

The newborn was moved to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford the next day after a nurse spotted she was showing signs of Down’s Syndrome and was not feeding properly.

Doctors confirmed Sienna had the genetic condition, along with Hirshprung’s disease, a disorder that affects bowel development.

This year, to help celebrate World Down’s Syndrome Day (March 21), the mother and daughter took part in a video to help dispel myths about the condition, which is associated with growth delays and learning difficulties.

The mums in the video are all part of a Facebook group known as ‘Designer Genes’ created for parents who have a child with Down’s Syndrome born in 2013/14.

The original idea came from one of the mothers who saw a Singing Hands carpool karaoke video signed with Makaton, a simplified form of British Sign Language, and decided to try to replicate the idea with other mums and their young children who also have an extra chromosome.

Before long more than 50 mums had filmed themselves in their cars, and uploaded the results, which were then edited into one video.

Mrs Hicklin, 38, who now lives in Gloucester, said: “It seemed like something fun to be a part of and for an important cause.

“You can see in the video that Sienna is trying to stop me singing by putting her hand over my mouth.

“She’s like any other child and hopefully this will change the way people think about children with Down’s Syndrome and make pregnant women who may have been told their baby will have the condition less worried.”

Makaton is designed to help hearing people with learning or communication difficulties using signs, symbols alongside speech.

The video has not only proved popular online but has also been supported by Ms Perri, who has declared her support for the idea and waived any copyright claim to the music in solidarity with the campaign.

The video, called ‘50 Mums | 50 Kids | 1 Extra Chromosome’, went live last week on Youtube ahead of yesterday’s World Down Syndrome Day. People are also being encouraged to popularise the social media hashtag #wouldntchangeathing