Blissymbols

Blissymbols are a unique form of writing that was invented by Charles Bliss in the early 1940s. Bliss was a German-born engineer who emigrated to Australia in the 1930s. While working as a teacher in Sydney, Bliss became interested in the problem of communication with people who had lost the ability to speak. He began to develop a system of symbols that could be used to represent the concepts in a person's mind, and which could be combined to form sentences. The symbols were based on pictures, and Bliss called them "blissymbols". The first Blissymbols were published in a book in 1945, and Bliss continued to develop the system throughout his life. In the 1950s, he collaborated with Margaret Shepherd, a psychologist, to develop a teaching method using Blissymbols. The system was later adopted by a number of schools for children with communication difficulties. Today, there are a number of different versions of Blissymbols in use around the world. Blissymbols offer a unique way of representing thoughts and ideas. They can be used to communicate with people who have difficulty speaking, and can also be used as a tool for teaching.