[Access Lunch] Advice on recruiting locally?

[Aaron Steinfeld]

We have had similar challenges. I think part of the problem is that it is
difficult to reach the non-retired participants, which inherently shrinks
the recruitment pool by a lot.

Some of us have talked about trying to build a local participant registry,
but it's not clear if that will encounter the same initial recruitment
issues.

Aaron

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 1:10 PM Frank Elavsky <fje at cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hey accessibility lunch folks,
>
> I hope you're all doing well (considering we are at the end of the
> semester and many of y'all are likely gearing up for CHI, among everything
> else).
>
> I have been trying to recruit blind folks locally for a study and have
> been having a pretty hard time. Do any of you have any advice on this? Or
> do you know anyone who might have advice? I've reached out to LAMP, BVRS,
> Golden Triangle Council for the Blind, and even a couple folks I know
> directly. But I just can't get anyone to actually share the recruitment
> materials around.
>
> Are there any additional avenues you'd recommend? I've heard that the AFB
> or some other national-sized org has a mailing list for these things that
> you can pay for. If true, perhaps there is a Pittsburgh-specific subset
> they could mail to (but I can't find any info on this).
>
> Thanks a million,
>
> Frank
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