A MUM and her daughter have become internet stars after a video filmed for World Down's Syndrome Day went viral.

Joanne and daughter Mia Zahler, of Ingleton, were two of the stars of the carpool karaoke video, which has garnered widespread media attention.

The video features 50 mums and their children, all of whom have Down's Syndrome, singing along to Christina Perri's song A Thousand Years.

Mrs Zahler filmed herself and four-year-old Mia in the car, using the sign language Makaton to follow along with the words.

Mum-of-three Mrs Zahler, said that the video had been made in collaboration with those in a Facebook group called Designer Genes, set up for parents with children that have Down's syndrome and born in the years 2013 to 2014.

"The group has been absolutely amazing," she said, telling the Gazette about the support it offered. "It's been really lovely. It gives so much support.

"The whole point of the video is to dispel myths. Twenty years ago children and adults with Down's Syndrome would be institutionalised and now they can work. Mia does judo, she does ballet, she goes to mainstream nursery and the support there now is phenomenal.

"It would be nice with the video going out to say there's nothing to be scared of. We don't want Down's Syndrome to define them. They're all individuals and they're all unique in their own way."

She explained that although Mia was a little bit slower at responding to some things, she was otherwise 'just like any other four-year-old'.

"She's blown me out of the park this year," she said, adding that Mia would be going to St Mary's Primary School in September.

The video itself was inspired by a Singing Hands video, which was signed in Makaton, a form of sign language designed to help hearing people with learning or communication difficulties using signs alongside speech.

Mrs Zahler, 45, added that although the services her family had been able to access in North Yorkshire had been fantastic, other counties were not so lucky.

"If you're another county, they don't get the support we do which is really not fair," she said. "I just wish that each child in the UK would get all the support they need."