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Andiamo: How a boy died and his parents had a medical brainwave
Diamo Parvez was born with cerebral palsy and died from complications when he was nine years old. During his life his parents were constantly struggling to get him the braces and splints he needed to support his body - and have channelled the pain of their loss into the search for a new, fast way of making them. Diamo's arms and legs were paralysed and he had very little control of his head. He needed a back brace, hand splints and ankle splints - technically known as orthoses - to prevent him suffering pain. The main problem, says his mother, Samiya, is that when a muscle isn't used it shrinks and tightens.