You may have students in your class who require specific accommodations related to a disability in order to fully participate and reach their academic goals. The Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) is the unit at MSU which supports students and employees who require reasonable accommodations.
Students who have registered with the RCPD go through a process of providing disability documentation and participating in a needs assessment with an Ability Access Specialist, resulting in a determination of individualized reasonable accommodations for that student which are listed in an Accommodation Letter. Instructors and TAs will usually receive Accommodation Letters at the beginning of the semester. Once you receive an Accommodation Letter from a student, you have specific responsibilities: you must make the requested individualized accommodations or adjustments to your course and keep the student’s disability status confidential. You are encouraged to meet with the student 1 on 1 to discuss implementing the accommodations, to only discuss accommodations with colleagues on a need-to-know basis while protecting students’ identities, and to contact the RCPD with any questions or concerns.
Here is a video from the RCPD showing an MSU educator’s point of view about student accommodations. (Please note: until recently, Accommodation Letters were called VISA forms, for Verified Individualized Services and Accommodations forms, and some MSU resources like the video linked above still refer to the older name for this document.)