A person who stutters clings to his dream to be a radio host

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Jimmy Chabot will live a dream, in 2018, turning videos around the world.

Caroline Lepage

Thursday, 4 January 2018 01:00

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DRUMMONDVILLE | A man who has lived through hell at school because he stuttered realizes his dream of becoming a radio host and gives talks in schools in order to instil courage to the students.

22-year-old Jimmy Chabot is an example of perseverance since he has learned to laugh at his stuttering.

“I always say that I am “Jimchab” because I can’t even pronounce my own name ” joke-t-it.

However, it has long suffered from being the laughing stock of his classmates because of his speech problems.

“The more they intimidated me, the more I bégayais “, summarizes the one who had lost confidence in him.

I had fun dropping his satchels. When he tried to defend himself, he was much more than laugh at him because he lacked coordination in his movements.

The glass-half-full

“I was often kicked in the testicles “, he says.

“Jimchab” grinding of the black and isolated over the lunch hour in the toilets to pass incognito.

He chased her suicidal ideation with the help of a book on positive thinking, given to him by his father. He has learned to see life on the good side.

The fact of having so cried out for respect ‘ has enabled him to develop a radio voice. Instead of being embarassed because he was unskilful in sports, he set out to photograph the sports teams of his school.

“I was finally accepted among the cool,” he says proudly.

The power of the micro

When he was chosen to announce the goals of hockey to the arena in Drummondville, he noticed that he stammered less in front of a microphone. He began to dream of a career in radio and television, which gave him the courage to knock at the doors of schools. After some refusal, he was admitted to the College radio television of Quebec, in 2013.

Willing to do anything to succeed, he hired a professor of diction in private, which showed him talking with a pencil or a cork in the mouth.

“I knew it was the only avenue possible and that I would find the way to get there “, expresses this young determined.

Even if it stutters a still, “Jimchab” has been awarded contracts as a radio host and “vlogueur” in several provinces where it is much appreciated by the communities.

To encourage young people, Jimmy Chabot has presented over fifty lectures in the schools, where he shares his recipe against bullying : accept as it is, react with a sense of humor and find a reason to get up each morning.

352 vlogs in 352 days

In 2018, this “vlog-trotter” will fly to Europe and Africa in order to disseminate 352 vlogs in 352 days on YouTube, where it will showcase passionate people of the francophonie.