Meet the man who is now delivering speeches to students after previously being unable to answer the phone because of his stammer.<br /><br />John Dean, 30, struggled with a stammer for most of his childhood and teenage life and was regularly bullied for it at school.<br /><br />He was unable to put his hand up in class for fear of not being able to answer the question and if he did he would be "laughed at and mocked."<br /><br />His stammer also played an unwanted part in a school play when he struggled to complete his lines.<br /><br />Outside of school, people often mistook John's stammer for a bad signal when he answered the phone.<br /><br />John decided he needed to get help after his stammer was preventing him from answering calls from potential employers.<br /><br />In 2015, he decided to join The McGuire Programme - an intensive course aimed at helping people overcome their stammer and improve their speech.<br /><br />In the nine years since he joined, John has completed a number of courses and now helps support others going through the same.<br /><br />He has gone on to deliver speeches at his former school - something he said he "wouldn't have dared" to do 15 years ago.
