Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Every May 19th since 2011, organizations and individuals around the world have celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This annual event showcases and promotes the importance of accessibility on the internet and inclusion of people with disabilities.
From the GAAD Foundation:
Every user deserves a first-rate digital experience on the web. Someone with a disability must be able to experience web-based services, content and other digital products with the same successful outcome as those without disabilities. This awareness and commitment to inclusion is the goal of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), a global event that shines a light on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities.
To celebrate this day, the Material Design blog team has collected a few articles that highlight the topics of accessibility, human-centered design, readability, localization, and more.
- Accessibility in Material Design 3
A starting point for understanding the accessibility standards applied across Material guidelines - Design for Everyone
Material Design’s latest accessibility, color, and components are featured at I/O - The Science of Color & Design
How Material used color science to make design easier and more expressive than ever before - Designing Text for the People who Read It
The science behind visual acuity, legibility, and text size - Adjusting the Focus
How inclusive imagery changes a product from being made for some, to being made for all - That's in the eye of the beholder
Layers of Interpretation in Image Descriptions for Fictional Representations of People with Disabilities - Principles and Techniques for Effective Localization
Going beyond translation to create more inclusive experiences - Adjusting Grade for Mode
Measuring the impact font grade has on text readability - Preserving endangered languages with Noto fonts
The open source Noto font family from Google Fonts supports literacy for hundreds of languages - Teaming Up to Improve Reading Research
Google co-sponsors The Readability Consortium, a collaborative research initiative focusing on how to customize the reading experience using fonts - How Accessible Design Helps Everyone
Afew of the key lessons Material Design learned when updating and implementing accessibility guidance
The Material Design team is constantly pushing to be a leader in the field of accessible design and fonts and is committed to continuing this effort.