Removing barriers for disabled people would be giant leap

EDITOR—Emery and Buch's editorial about drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis states that after 10 years 50% of people with the disease no longer work, most losing their jobs in the first 12 months after diagnosis.1 But it is not necessarily rheumatoid arthritis that causes job loss; it is likely also to be due to the barriers in society that exclude disabled people from full employment.

I have had rheumatoid arthritis for over 10 years, and have …