Katherine Schneider

Dr. Katherine Schneider is an author and retired clinical psychologist living in Eau Claire, WI, with her tenth Seeing Eye dog. She serves on several boards including the Eau Claire County Board. Katherine has published a memoir, To the Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with Disabilities, a children’s book, Your Treasure Hunt: Disabilities and Finding Your Gold and two books for seniors, Occupying Aging: Delights, Disabilities and Daily Life, and Hope of the Crow: Tales of Occupying Aging (all available from Bookshare). She originated the Schneider Family Book Awards for children’s books with disability content through the American Library Association and an award for superior journalism about disability issues through the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Dr. Schneider also started the Access Eau Claire fund to help nonprofit organizations work toward full inclusion of people with disabilities. Dr. Schneider holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Purdue University.