Disabled dad finds novel way of carrying round his 20-month-old daughter

Disabled Manoel Izo may not be able to carry his daughter in the normal way when they are on the move, but he can still give her a lift on his crutches. The 43-year-old has been unable to walk unaided since suffering from polio when he was four-years-old. But he hasn’t let it get in the way of his daddy duties and is only too happy to let his children climb onto his crutches for a wander round the shops. A clip of him in a shopping centre in Acre, Brazil, has now gone viral and he has been flooded with praise from viewers. Manoel said: “I was surprised at the reaction because I have always carried my kids like this, letting them stand on the crutch, it’s a habit. "I have a paralysed leg but I can move the other a bit. Whenever my daughter is tired, she gets on the crutch and joins me."