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When Lucus Evans spotted himself on a poster for school uniform he gave his mum a big thumbs up and she knew he was “chuffed”.
In fact, the only person more happy than six-year-old Lucus, was his mum Kellie Evans. “This is the first time he has been able to go into a store and stand next to himself – you know, I’ve never achieved that – that’s amazing for any six-year-old, let alone a little boy with Down’s Syndrome,” she told HuffPost UK.
“There was a moment when he realised ‘oh that’s me! I’m here’. It was just really sweet. He put his little thumb up and he was pointing at himself.”
Lucus is one of 30 children featured in the new M&S Back To School campaign entitled ‘Life isn’t Uniform’. For Kellie, it is important to see her son in such an inclusive line-up as she says she fights daily for Lucus and his eight-year-old brother Alexander, who has cerebral palsy, to be included in the mainstream.
The two boys are signed up to Kiddiwinks Agency, the same child modelling agency as their sisters, 12-year-old Isabella and four-year-old Indiana. “I thought why should they need to have a different agent to their sisters just because they are children with disabilities,” said Kellie. “They can still do what their sisters do and actually Lucus is the busiest one out of my four.”
Read more at: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boy-with-downs-syndrome-in-school-uniform-ad_uk_5b1a51f3e4b09d7a3d71118d
