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Excerpts From the Writings of Joseph G. Sheehan
Memorial Service, November 26, 1983

Human problems are largely communication problems.
We grope for words to express our meanings and are never entirely satisfied with the result.
Imperfect though they are, we can at least convert our word choices into speech.
In that last sense, speaking is an easy process, and many are glib with nothing to say.
But for the child or adult who has developed the problem called stuttering, the production of a spoken word can be fraught with dread and difficulty.
The experience of stuttering is like a slice of life--a mixture of comedy and tragedy.

Stuttering is a disorder of the social presentation of the self.
Basically, stuttering is not a speech disorder but a conflict revolving around self and role, an identity problem.
The stutterer typically has no difficulty when alone -- a striking and significant feature of the disorder.
He can