Around the 1980’s a twelve year old girl by the name of Rachel Zimmerman developed something that greatly and successfully helped people who have difficulty communicating. She created a software program using symbols that enable non speaking people such as those with severe physical disabilities like cerebral palsy to communicate. The program that Rachel came up with his known as a Blissymbol Printer. Users can communicate by pointing and touching various symbols on a board that is touch screen. When the user touches the screen the symbols translate into a written language.
I decided to write about Rachel Zimmerman because she not only invented something at the age of twelve but came up with something that could help everyone around the world. The Blissymbol Printer has greatly impacted multiple people and I hope to one day impact people in a way that she has. 
