Debbie Jollie, communications specialist. Photo courtesy Kyron Jeffers. -
You would think that someone with a speech impediment would be reluctant to go into a field in which verbal communication is paramount.
That may apply to the average person, but not to Debbie Jollie. Her need to command her speech has been the driving point behind most of what she does.
“I guess, for those who speech is not an issue, they don’t realise that your speech is everything – talking in a meeting, giving a presentation, being a lecturer. It has been in the forefront of my mind so everything I do, it has been about my stutter.”