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Watch: Five amazing films for World Down Syndrome Day

For World Down Syndrome Day, we are doing a throwback to five special films starring members of Down Syndrome Ireland. They were produced especially for RTÉjr by Daniel O'Connor.

Just press play on any of the YouTube videos here and say hello to our friends!

At the top we have Anna, who loves to dance and just below we meet Jack - he is the best little brother!

Next up it's Aoife and she loves to make TikToks with her sister!

Emer loves to read the news and she has loads of stories for everyone!

And then we have Paudi, who you will know from The Late Late Toy Show, plus his own Paudcast of positivity. Let's see what the Limerick legend is up to these days!!

If you want to learn more about Down syndrome we have some great resources to share over on RTÉ Learn. Just click on the link below to get some great information and activity packs.

Find out more here!

Get involved!

The Lots Of Socks campaign exists to raise awareness about Down syndrome and some much-needed funds for Down Syndrome Ireland. Taking part is very easy.

Then share your fun socks and onocial media tagging Down Syndrome Ireland #LotsOfSocks4DSI #WorldDownSyndromeDay - share them with RTÉjr too!!