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Child services and police find 13-year-old Genie tied to a potty chair. They notice that she walked strangely and couldn't talk.
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Genie is admitted to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles where doctors and psychologists observe and study her behaviors.
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Genie has learned roughly 15-20 words as well as developed some recognition of her name and others.
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They wanted to determine and monitor the course and extent of her mental development
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Professor Victoria Fromkin leads a team of linguists who began tracking Genie's progress with learning language
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Jean Butler gets permission to take Genie on trips and temporarily mover her into his home in order to test her ability to form relationships
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Rigler and his wife take Genie into their household. During this time, research continues
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Genie begins to use words to express events from her past.
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Due to the lack of scientific findings, the organization stops funding her case
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Rigler tries to have Genie learn a nonverbal form of language
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Genie travels between foster homes where she is abused. She then resorts to silence once again.
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Her mother can't handle caring for her, so she is transferred to another foster home
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Genie's mother orders all research to be stopped. She now lives in an adult care center.