Genevieve Louise Batterham OAM (19 January 1955 – 3 December 1995) was an Australian film maker, artist, writer and disability rights activist.
[1] Multiple sclerosis quickly incapacitated her, and she channelled her anger at the resulting disability into producing a series of films chronicling her condition.
The first, Pins and Needles, was directed by Barbara Chobocky and released in 1979, and was translated into five languages.
Genni and Kim would then collaborate on three further films about the phases of her life: Where's the Give and Take?
[1] In the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours, Batterham was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her "service to people with disabilities".