Latest Update to BCI Authorized Vocabulary
The latest BCI AV has just been released with over 230 new symbols being added.Here is the most up to date complete set of 6183 symbols: BCI Authorized Vocabulary of Blissymbolics
More are on the way!
Blissymbolics Archival Collection at OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto) is ready for visitors!
It all began in 2019 with a generous donation from Peg and Rob Rooks for the preservation and digitization of publications and communication materials from over 50 years of Blissymbolics serving as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system. There is now a collection housed in the OISE Library and access to an online digital collection in the Internet Archive. There have been six OISE staff and students working (part-time) on the collection over the past four years, and Rebecca Chan and Shirley McNaughton have worked throughout that time, sorting materials to send to OISE. The Toronto materials were expanded by materials from the Nordic countries, hand delivered by Margareta Jennische in November, 2019.
Thanks to all those who donated materials and to the OISE team who have made this archival collection possible:
Monique Flaccavento, Jenaya Webb, Bethany Lepp, Emma Thomas, Natalie Johnson-Tyghter, Andrew Sandock.
Here are the three key links for accessing the collection:
It's been a long 4 years, but the collection is now complete!
Take a look in Internet Archive (#3) when you have a few minutes!
A Blissymbolics classroom was opened at Platorand School in Belfast, South Africa in 2014. Many graduates have gone on to great success with the inspired teaching of Louisa Alberts who in turn was helped by Margareta Jennishce of BCI, and others.
Read it here: Blissymbolics in South Africa
Presentation Length: 1 hour
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Volksswitch.org has created a next generation of tactile symbols based on Blissymbolics to teach language to individuals who are blind, deaf-blind, or visually impaired. The symbols may also be effective when used with individuals on the autism spectrum. These Bliss Tactile Symbols are opensource, customizable, extensible, and designed to be 3D-printed.