Caroline Gooding, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Caroline Gooding

British solicitor and disability rights activist

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1959

Date of Death: 19-Jul-2014

Profession: solicitor, disability rights activist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Caroline Gillian Gooding (7 March 1959 – 19 July 2014) was a British solicitor and activist for individuals with disabilities.
She took up activism after having a stroke while in her early 20s.
Gooding directed her efforts to publishing literature advocating a human rights-based approach to disability, advising, assisting and leading governmental disability commissions, and drafting government legislation to improve the status of disabled individuals, such as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and the Equality Act 2010.
The Caroline Gooding Memorial Lecture is named after the activist.