Life of Genie By shannoncampbell36 Apr 18, 1957 Genie's Birth Sep 9, 1967 Critical Period Hypothesis is introduced Oct 2, 1970 Mother and Genie have escaped Jan 8, 1971 Genie shows comprehension of her name Apr 11, 1971 Genie attacks a girl May 1, 1971 3 year grant is awarded from NIMH May 31, 1971 Susan Curtis becomes a part of the case Jun 8, 1971 Genie enters her first foster home Aug 15, 1971 Butler is denied custody of Genie Aug 19, 1971 Genie enters second foster home Oct 1, 1971 Testing of Genie's language begins Oct 14, 1971 Curtiss sees that Genie is responding and listening to her Mar 2, 1972 Genie can describe memories from her past Oct 28, 1972 Genie starts counting Feb 8, 1973 Genie begins communication Oct 10, 1973 Genie responds to temperature Oct 15, 1974 Genie switches homes Jun 7, 1975 Genie can name most encountered objects Dec 27, 1977 Curtiss wants custody of Genie Jan 3, 1978 Genie's mother gets in the way of her custody Mar 4, 1978 Genie's mother begins complaining Dec 5, 1993 Rigler speaks out about lawsuit