Dr. Laura N. Sarchet

Biography

Laura N. Sarchet is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Niagara University in Lewiston, NY. She is an autistic self-advocate and uses her experiences as a neurodivergent person to raise awareness about autism and disability through her research and practice. In her free time, Dr. Sarchet enjoys gardening, baking, reading, knitting, and crochet!

Focus of Teaching

• Inclusive Methods and Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Collaboration in Special Education
• Autism: Theory and Practice
• Early Childhood Development
• Health, Safety, and Nutrition in Early Childhood

Current Research

Dr. Sarchet’s research interests include teacher education and teacher preparation programs, Universal Design for Learning, critical disability studies, self-advocacy, developmental disabilities and autism, and neurodiversity of teachers.

Selected recent publications:

Sarchet, L. N. (2024). Experiences of disabled and neurodivergent faculty in higher education: A systematic literature review. Journal of Disability Studies in Education (advance publication). https://doi.org/10.1163/25888803-bja10032

Sarchet, L. N. (2023). Neurodiverse teachers and self-advocacy in action. International Journal Of Teacher Education & Teaching (IJTET) Chicago, 3(1), 55-61. https://ijtetchicago.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/ijtet-issue2023-vol1.pdf

Sarchet, L. N. (2022). Teaching self-advocacy skills to students with autism and other disabilities. The Practical Teacher. https://www.naset.org/publications/the-practical-teacher/teaching-self-advocacy-skills-to-students-with-autism-and-other-disabilities

Educational Background

Ph.D., Teaching and Curriculum
University of Rochester, Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development

M.S.Ed., Inclusive Adolescent Education (Teaching Students with Disabilities 7-12)
Nazareth College

B.S., Early Childhood Education and Teaching Students with Disabilities (Birth-2)
Roberts Wesleyan College