For Twelve Years, Genie Wiley Lived an Interesting Reality

Barely Responsive

The severity of Genie’s case allowed doctors to study the way in which language is integral to human growth. She could only speak a few words, like “blue”, “orange”, “mother” and “go”, but otherwise remained completely silent. The physician assigned her case, James Kent, claimed Genie was the most profoundly damaged child he had ever seen…

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