Nass (national Ankylosing Spondylitis Society)

LONDON, November 26 - Results from a new national survey show that over half of people living with severe ankylosing spondylitis (AS) - a painful, progressive, chronic disease, most commonly diagnosed in those in their twenties - identify work as the area of their lives greatly affected by their condition, and that early intervention and better support from employers is key to their staying in work.(3) But this is not always happening in the UK, leading to a call to action from the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS) directed at government, employers and doctors.