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%A P. Muter %J Communication and Handicap: Aspects of Psychological Compensation and Technical Aids %T Blissymbolics, cognition, and the handicapped %X Advantages and disadvantages of alphabetic and logographic writing systems are discussed, with particular emphasis on Blissymbolics as an example of a logographic system. It is concluded that logographic systems might be easier to learn than alphabetic systems and, in particular, that Blissymbols could be a useful communication device for people with various kinds of handicaps. This suggestion is substantiated by empirical research. %K Blissymbols Blissymbolics alphabets logographs reading writing %P 233-251 %E E. Hjelmquist %E L.-G. Nilsson %D 1986 %I Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland) %L cogprints4880