Caroline Gooding is Special Advisor and Director at the Disability Rights Commission, responsible for advising on key long-term, cross-cutting disability issues, as well as the overall impact of the Disability Discrimination Act.

She trained and formerly practiced as a solicitor and is author of Blackstone's Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act (1995); Enabling Acts Disabling Laws, Disability Rights in Britain and the United States (1994). She has also contributed many articles on disability and equality issues to a wide range of other publications

Caroline, a disability activist for many years, is a former member of the Disability Rights Taskforce and a former Director of the Disability Law Service and until recently was a part-time Policy Adviser to the Employers Forum on Disability. Outside of her full-time responsibilities at the Disability Rights Commission, Caroline is Disability Adviser to the Mayor's Advisory Cabinet at the Greater London Authority and Chair of the Trade Union Disability Alliance.