wales, home to 57—year—old barrie caulcutt and his family. what's that over there? where's that? lesey, yeah. yeah. like nearly 8 million people of working age in the uk, barrie is disabled. in the summer it was lovely, wasn't it? sitting on the wall, the anglesey wall. barrie has been diagnosed with a serious panic and anxiety disorder. at times it can get so bad it can trigger life—threatening asthma attacks. i'm a chronic asthmatic and i've always suffered from stress and anxiety. anxiety can make you sort of panicky and bring on an asthma attack. the attacks that come on suddenly and violently are the ones you can die from. for over 30 years, barrie worked in finance at the department for work and pensions. why did you take the job? what was going on here at that time? well, basically, it was a good job. i felt quite fortunate really to have the job. barrie‘s anxiety was under control and his employer moved him to a newjob. i basically told him that the job i was doing i couldn't do because of my disabilities. i provided evidence from my gp. their own occupational health servi