[Access Lunch] Advice on recruiting locally?

[Frank Elavsky]

Great idea on the alum! We need folks who are 18 and over, so I didn't even
think to reach out to WPSBC.

And to Aaron's comment about a local participant registry: I think that is
a great idea. I had access to one of these lists for remote participants
for a couple studies I helped run back when I was in an industry setting
and it was amazing. I never really had to work hard to get participants
remotely.

I'll let y'all know if I get any leads, too. I reached out the the NFB for
advice as well, because you never know.



On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 1:26 PM Kimberly Norris <knorris2 at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> Depending on the age you want, you could also try the Western Pennsylvania
> School for Blind Children. They might be too young, but they have an alumni
> association.
> https://www.wpsbc.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1580511&type=d&pREC_ID=1708288
>
>
>
> *Kimberly Norris*
>
> *Digital Accessibility Coordinator*
>
> *Computing Services**, Digital Accessibility Office*
>
>
>
> Carnegie Mellon University
>
> 5000 Forbes Avenue
>
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>
> Digital Accessibility Office Website
> <https://www.cmu.edu/computing/dao/index.html>
>
> knorris2 at andrew.cmu.edu
>
>
> 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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