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Belinda Adams, founder of Belinda’s Big Bus Tour for Brain Injury Awareness
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Belinda Adams, became a carer for her eldest son after he sustained a traumatic brain injury in a near fatal car accident in 2012, prompting her to drive around Australia on “Belinda’s Big Bus Tour for Brain Injury Awareness” distributing resources and raising awareness for people affected by brain injury. A strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, Belinda was then invited to speak at numerous events such as “Simply Humans – Unsung Heroes” in 2017, The Hopkins Centre’s Bold Idea’s, Better Solutions Rehabilitation panel discussion facilitated by award winning journalist Emma Griffiths for ABC Focus in 2018 and at WIFT’s (Women In Film & Television) panel discussion “Inclusion by Design: Creating an equitable environment on screen and behind the camera” at the Gold Coast Film Festival in 2019. Also in 2019, Belinda was invited to join The Hopkins Centre Ambassador Council and honoured with an Adjunct Research Fellowship at Griffith University. In this role she founded Ballet for Brain Injury, a dance rehabilitation program for people affected by brain injury, developed in partnership with and facilitated by Queensland Ballet. In 2021 Belinda completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Business at the University of Canberra whilst working on some of Australia’s biggest film and television productions, currently as a Screen Queensland Attachment on NBC Universal’s Ticket to Paradise starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Belinda formed her own production company “Citrine Sun Entertainment” with a mission to tell authentic and inclusive stories receiving a Highly Commended for her “Ballet for Brain Injury” short documentary in 2021’s Focus on Ability Film Festival. Belinda was the recipient of an Australia Day Achievement Award in 2018 and in November 2021, was presented as a semi-finalist for the Australia Pacific Community Hero Award in recognition of her contributions to the community.
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