Document Index | MSU - Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities

ADHD Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your ADHD condition.

Air Conditioning in University Housing

Individuals seeking approval for air conditioning in University Housing must provide appropriate medical documentation. University Housing residents share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the air conditioning request.

Air Conditioning in University Housing.docx

Alex's Great State Race Sponsorship Form

Download and fill this form out to become an official sponsor of Alex's Great State Race!

Alternative Format Production for Non-RCPD Programs and Institutions

Describes RCPD procedures and fee structures for non-RCPD programs and institutions requesting RCPD production of accessible text materials. This document is not relevant for students requesting textbooks for credit-based MSU coursework.

Alternative Testing Rules

This document describes rules employed for alternative testing administered under RCPD control.

Alternative Testing Site Authorization (ATSA) Form

This form is required for Alternative Testing that cannot be facilitated in or near the classroom. It is not necessary when testing outside the RCPD.

Annual RCPD Newsletter

The Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities Presents the annual departmental Newsletter.

Donor Newsletter 2018 - pages.pdf

Autism Spectrum Disorders Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Best Practices: Accomodations for Students with Disabilities

The following ‘best practices’ are intended as guidelines for professors and teaching assistants to consider when interacting with students with disabilities.

Blindness/Visual Impairment Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your blindness/visual impairment condition.

Brain Injury Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your brain injury condition.

Bosco MSU-MRS Careers Collaborative

This brochure describes the collaborative and provides linkages for students with disabilities and employers.

Chronic Health Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your chronic health condition.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with the treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your deaf/hard of hearing condition.

Guidelines and Objectives for Exam Readers

This document answers frequently asked questions regarding reading and scribing exams for students with disabilities and serves as a primmer for RCPD readers and scribes.

Guidelines for Students Using Interpreters

This document is an important reference for students who need sign language interpreters on campus. To ensure quality services, RCPD asks that you follow these guidelines.

Guidelines for Students Using Realtime Captioning

This document is an important reference for students who need realtime captioning services on campus. To ensure quality services, RCPD asks that you follow these guidelines.

Learning Disabilities Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your learning disability condition.

Mobility and Motoric Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your mobility and motoric condition.

Model Statements for Disability Inclusion

Model statements for program and event announcements and course syllabi.

Moving Around MSU - Transportation and Location Awareness

Additional resources and services available to persons with disabilities, and those who are new to or visiting campus.

MSU Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Policy

Important details and protocols governing reasonable accommodations for students and employees.

Other Conditions Documentation (Including Little Person/Dwarfism, Speech, and Hands/Arms)

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your conditions.

Psychiatric Documentation

Students and employees, share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the nature of your psychiatric condition.

The Statement of Employee Accommodation Determination (SEAD) is the primary method of documentation that enables employees to validate and communicate their accommodations as determined via a thorough RCPD assessment of needs. This is a sample SEAD.

The VISA is the primary method of documentation that enables students to validate and communicate their needs to faculty as determined via a thorough RCPD assessment of needs. This is a sample VISA.

Service/Assistance Animal in University Housing Documentation Form

Individuals seeking approval for assistance animals in University Housing must provide appropriate medical documentation. University Housing residents share this form with a treating medical professional to provide clarity on the service/assistance animal request.

Service/Assistance Animal Policy in University Housing

The Service/Assistance Animal Policy in University Housing that details the reasonable accommodations related to service/assistance animals within university housing at MSU.

Service/Assistance Animal Request Form

University Housing residents complete this form to describe the nature of the service/assistance animal request. Return the form to your RCPD specialist, along with appropriate medical documentation.

Students with Disabilities - The MSU Approach for Inclusion

This handout is included in the new faculty orientation event each August. It contains an overview of the MSU approach for inclusion and addresses questions frequently asked by new faculty.

Study Abroad Disability Accommodation Request Fillable Form

The Study Abroad Disability Accommodation Request Fillable Form.

Testing Accommodations Protocol and Practice

Provides guidance for faculty and students to facilitate testing accommodations in the most inclusive manner possible.

The Courtesy Rules of Blindness

This PDF document provides helpful hints for interacting with people who are blind.

Tips for Interacting with People with Disabilities

This is a list of general guidelines to keep in mind when interacting with people who have disabilities.

Tips for working with students using Interpreters and Realtime Captioners

Understanding Epilepsy

This brochure explains what Epilepsy is and how to respond to someone who is having a seizure.

What's in a Name? Person-First Language

The Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns outlines what is appropriate language to use and what isn't when interacting with persons with disabilities. Person-first language acknowledges the person first, rather than the disability.