Caroline Gooding

Caroline Gooding is an equality consultant and Associate of the Employers Forum on Disability.

From 2000 – 2008 she was Special Advisor and Director of Legislative Change at the Disability Rights Commission, responsible for leading their work on the Disability Equality Duty, Goods and Services and Legislative Change.

She is a published author of publications such as Disability Rights in Europe, from theory to practice Essays in European Law (2005); Blackstone’s Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act (1995);  Enabling Acts Disabling Laws, Disability Rights in Britain and the United States (1994); Lesbian and Gay Legal Handbook (1992).

She has also contributed many articles on disability and equality issues to a wide range of other publications such as Tolleys and Equal Opportunities Review.

Caroline, a disability activist for many years, is a former member of the Disability Rights Taskforce and was a part-time Policy Adviser to the Employers Forum on Disability. Caroline is also Chair of the Trade Union Disability Alliance.