Genie Wiley: America's Ferie Child

Barely Responsive

The severity of Genie’s case allowed doctors to study the way in which language was 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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