In accessibility research, recruitment is not a neutral administrative step. Who is invited, how they are compensated, how access needs are handled, and how eligibility is framed all influence what knowledge the study can produce.
The phrase “nothing about us without us” is easy to cite and harder to practice well. Responsible recruitment requires clarity, respect, and sustainability. Researchers must avoid both exclusion and over-burdening the same communities repeatedly.
I see recruitment as part of research design itself. It is one of the places where rigor, ethics, and care meet.