One of his first important contacts was with Jean Vanier in Trosly Breuil where he was employed from February to July 1965 to help create l'Arche in that small village North of Paris.
He based his entire career on the philosophy broadly borrowed from his mentor Jean Vanier: providing people-centered services, empowering them to achieve their full potential and beyond, and maximizing their quality of life according to their choices.
As part of his Master's thesis, Serrière did some research on autism, studying three specific cases and the insertion of these three individuals with the general population of people with developmental disabilities.
Once the law passed, Serriere edited and published a booklet[2] distributed widely to about one hundred service clubs of the Bay Area explaining why people with developmental disabilities can make good neighbors.
The other was in 2006 with Assembly member Greg Aghazarian permitting transport agencies to obtain Disabled access license plates (AB 1910, Ch 203, Sections 5007 and 22511.56 of the CA Vehicle Code).