The Language History section begins by discussing the importance of communication before detailing the reasons why the Blissymbolic language was developed.

Communication in the broad sense of the word is the exchange of messages and information between individuals via a mutually understood language. Such messages can be conveyed in a number of ways, however, the most common method is through speaking and listening. To be able to communicate is an integral part of human life. We communicate our feelings, thoughts and ideas. We question through communication in order to learn. Communication is important if an individual is to develop cognitively, socially and emotionally. Without communication it would be impossible to develop and function at the levels required by human society. Where individuals can understand the spoken word but cannot speak it intelligibly, it is necessary to provide them with an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system. This system will enhance their quality of life by allowing them to develop and express themselves through an alternative form of communication. In 1971 this was achieved by Shirley McNaughton of the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre . She discovered the Blissymbolic language developed by Charles K. Bliss and introduced it to a group of children at the Ontario Centre. This introduction proved to be a great success and has subsequently opened up communication channels for many individuals.

Blissymbolics is a semantic based graphic language developed by Charles K Bliss. His dream was to create a universal language that would ultimately end the 'babel of misunderstanding'. Bliss, who grew up in Austria on the Russian border, observed a lifetime of different nationalities hating each other through what he believed was the misunderstanding of the spoken word. He observed this hatred both between different nationalities and those who spoke the same language.

On moving to Shanghai, China shortly after the Second World War, he developed an appreciation and admiration for the Chinese ideographic language. His admiration stemmed from the fact that although the Chinese population spoke different languages, they could all understand the same written Chinese language due to its ideographic nature. This compelled him to develop a universal language that he dreamed one day would be used worldwide to break down language barriers.

After five years of developing the Blissymbolic language, he published Semantography - A Logical Writing for an Illogical World - in 1949, which finally put on paper the ideas of the German mathematician and philosopher G.W. Leibniz. Three hundred years prior to the publication of Semantography, Leibniz had been the mastermind behind the adoption of international scientific symbols and believed a language created using ideographs and pictographs could be a comparable achievement. The achievement he yearned was creating a language that could be read and understood by all individuals regardless of their geographic location and intellectual capabilities. Leibniz did not however, create the system, it lasted merely as a thought. Both Leibniz and Bliss's dream of a universal language was never realised. However, it has provided an invaluable communication medium to many non-speaking individuals, allowing them to develop cognitively, emotionally and socially in society.