Stijn Geerinck graduated with a master's degree in moral philosophy from Ghent University (Belgium). A philosophy teacher in secondary education, he works with intellectually gifted pupils and children with autism. In his spare time, Stijn is a passionate bass player and a long-distance runner. Sti…
Stijn Geerinck graduated with a master's degree in moral philosophy from Ghent University (Belgium). A philosophy teacher in secondary education, he works with intellectually gifted pupils and children with autism. In his spare time, Stijn is a passionate bass player and a long-distance runner. Stijn Geerinck was hit by a drunk driver while riding his bike and had to undergo drastic maxillofacial and neurosurgery at Ghent University Hospital (Belgium). This story narrates the various aspects of his arduous recovery (physical, medical, mental, social, financial, ...) and lays the groundwork for a method to cope with permanent impairment resulting from acquired brain injury, lifelong lesions and the irreversible change in his body and particularly his face…