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Genie is Born
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Genie is rescued
Child services and police find 13-year-old Genie tied to a potty chair. They notice that she walked strangely and couldn't talk. -
Genie is taken to the hospital
Genie is admitted to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles where doctors and psychologists observe and study her behaviors. -
Genie understands her own name
Genie has learned roughly 15-20 words as well as developed some recognition of her name and others. -
Scientists conducted a series of neurolinguistic tests on Genie
They wanted to determine and monitor the course and extent of her mental development -
Linguists intervene
Professor Victoria Fromkin leads a team of linguists who began tracking Genie's progress with learning language -
Jean Butler becomes father-like figure
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 -
Rigler and his wife become her caregiver
Rigler and his wife take Genie into their household. During this time, research continues -
Uses words to describe past events
Genie begins to use words to express events from her past. -
NIMH withdraws funding
Due to the lack of scientific findings, the organization stops funding her case -
Sign Language
Rigler tries to have Genie learn a nonverbal form of language -
Foster Homes
Genie travels between foster homes where she is abused. She then resorts to silence once again. -
Genie returns to live with her mother
Her mother can't handle caring for her, so she is transferred to another foster home -
Research stops
Genie's mother orders all research to be stopped. She now lives in an adult care center.
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