DeAnna Pursai and Dr. Pamela Linsay founded College of Adaptive Arts in 2009 to give adults with disabilities the collegiate experience. Today, CAA is based out of Saratoga’s West Valley College and serves nearly 200 students across nine states, most of whom are living with a developmental or intellectual disability.

DeAnna Pursai and Dr. Pamela Linsay founded College of Adaptive Arts in 2009 to give adults with disabilities the collegiate experience. Today, CAA is based out of Saratoga’s West Valley College and serves nearly 200 students across nine states, most of whom are living with a developmental or intellectual disability.

This program was created by the California Department of Rehabilitation in partnership with the Institute For Workplace Skills & Innovation America to help people with disabilities get trained and hired throughout the health care field.