A FIVE-year-old Scotsgirl with Down’s syndrome has captured hearts the world over after issuing a plea in time for World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD).

Little Chloe Lennon featured in a heartwarming video which was posted on Facebook by her mum Jade on Monday.

In it, Chloe, from Castlepark in Irvine, urges viewers to wear odd socks to celebrate the day on March 21.

In just three days, the clip has amassed almost TEN MILLION views and close to 350,000 shares as social media users from across the globe continue to commend her for speaking out.

WDSD is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012.

Organiser Down Syndrome International (DSi) encourages people all over the world to choose their own activities and events to help raise awareness of what Down syndrome is, what it means to have Down’s syndrome, and how people with the condition play a vital role in their communities.

As reported by our sister title the Irvine Times this week, little Chloe was plucked from hundreds of youngsters to be the UK Ambassador for an international Down’s syndrome charity.

She was chosen from more than 700 hopefuls to be the UK’s face of Nothing Down - an American-based charity raising awareness of Down’s syndrome.

Chloe’s mum Jade said she hopes her daughter being the face of the charity - whose motto is ‘Nothing Down about Down’s syndrome - will go a long way to changing people’s “outdated attitudes” to people with Down’s syndrome.

The 25-year-old described being “proud” of her “amazing” daughter, but said there is still a lot of work to be done to change how people view Down’s syndrome.

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Jade said: “I can’t go into town without someone making a comment or people staring or giving me a sympathetic glance as if they feel bad for me because there is something ‘wrong’ with Chloe. It used to really get to me but now I deal with it better.

“I used to come away really angry, but now I just think if someone makes a comment I would rather educate them and come away feeling like they know something different after speaking to me.

“Just this week I was in town getting some last minute things for Chloe’s birthday and a woman in a shop said ‘there’s something wrong with her, she’s a bit slow’. Comments like that just really aren’t acceptable. People need to change their attitudes, but if we don’t raise awareness, how will they know?

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“And it’s not just negative discrimination, there’s positive discrimination too, which is harder to combat, because I know that people mean well and aren’t trying to be nasty.

“Unfortunately, stereotypes are still what people think of and they’ll say things like ‘all Down’s syndrome kids are always happy’ which isn’t true. They have moods like anyone else.

“Or people will say Down’s syndrome kids don’t learn as quickly, or their speech isn’t as good. But that’s just not the case. All kids, whether they have Down’s syndrome or not, do things at different stages.

“Chloe is like every other five-year-old, she goes to dancing, she is starting mainstream school this year, she is funny, she is just like every other child.

“I would just love it, if one day people saw Chloe as Chloe and not a label, not a child with Down’s syndrome or anything other than who she is. That is true inclusion.”

Nothing Down prides itself on being “the the most compassionate and innovative Down’s syndrome awareness organization there is.”

On Chloe, the charity said: “In a nutshell? Chloe is intelligent, capable, stubborn, determined, beautiful, funny, with just a little (well, a big) dash of diva thrown in too.

“She surprises everyone she meets, and is unintentionally changing stereotypes and perceptions of Down’s syndrome, one fabulous day at a time.”