Data Sharing

The practice of making research data available to other researchers or the public for reuse, replication, and further analysis. In accessibility research, data sharing presents unique tensions: datasets sourced from people with disabilities are essential for building inclusive AI and benchmarking assistive technologies, but sharing them raises heightened privacy risks because smaller populations face greater re-identification threats and disability status itself is sensitive information. Common sharing strategies include direct download, request-based access with licensing agreements, and hosting on platforms like Kaggle, PhysioNet, or specialized repositories such as TalkBank.