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Genie was born
20 months after genie was born her father locked her up in one of the family bedrooms because her father believed she was mentally retarded. -
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Kept locked in a room in severe isolation
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Victor, the "wild child"
The week before Genie was found, the movie "the wild child" came out, helped the scientist and psychologist draw conclusions from such a rare case study. -
Founding of Genie
Genie was found in the room of her house by a social worker -
100 words
From when she was found until this date, she had learned about 100 words -
NIMH stops funding
After several years of conducting experiments on Genie and trying to understand her case study and her behavior, the NIMH stopped funding this research because of the lack of scientific findings. -
Gov. stopped funding
The government stopped funding this study because it was wasting to much money. -
Genie returned to live with her birth mother
after her mother realized she was too much work to take care of Genies mother once again gave her up and she had to again go through a series of foster homes. -
Tracking her
An anonymous individual hired a private investigator to track her down, and when found, they described her as "happy". -
Genie Today
Today Genie is part of an adult foster care home somewhere in southern California.