Using Facebook to Recruit People with Dwarfism: Pros and Pitfalls for Disabled Participants and Researchers

Social networking sites have gained widespread popularity and remain a popular way of keeping in contact with others. Drawing on networked individualism, this paper argues that Facebook is beneficial for recruiting disabled participants spread over wide geographical area. The aim the article to provide comparison between using as recruitment tool more traditional form face-to-face via attending events people dwarfism. These were two main forms used understand how dwarfism navigate through public spaces. This not just good participants, but also researchers use an accessible recruitment. However, building experiences, including those influenced by digital divide, demonstrates caution must be taken when trying recruit alone. offers recommendations considering tool.