The story of the Feral Child is told in "Genie" by Verywell MindClark.

A thirteen-year-old girl who had been a victim of abuse, neglect, and isolation since her birth was given a new name.Her father hated children and was tired of hearing their cries.At an early age, he threw her in the basement with nothing but a wire cage and a potty chair.He kept Genie from her family and from the outside world because he thought she was mentally handicapped.He kept her in a crib with her arms and legs immobile.This left her very weak.Her mother, who was almost blind from cataracts, and her older brother, also suffered from the father's abuse and lived in fear of him for years.One day, she decided to tell a social worker about her husband's secret.She was unable to speak when the social worker found her.Clark shot and killed himself because he couldn't face the damage he had done to his family.After thirteen years and seven months of unimaginable torture at the hands of her father, Genie was finally given the chance to learn how to live as an average human being.2

In the first years after Genie's liberation, psychologists, linguists, and other scientists became interested in her, seeing her near-total isolation as a unique chance to study many aspects of human development.The government funded a team of scientists to answer many questions about the case because it was so important.Two scientists, James Kent a child psychologist and Susan Curtiss a linguist, became very close to genie.They had never seen a case like that before.The scientists were able to take advantage of the unique conditions of Genie.They used Genie to address questions about critical period theory and the human mind.Susan and James Kent were the ones who had Genie stay with them in their homes.

There is a certain window of time when an adolescent can learn a language.The first few years of life are crucial for the acquisition of a first language.Genie was important for proving or disproving the theory because of the slim evidence that supported it.Genie missed her time to learn words and put them into sentences according to the theory.The scientists wanted to see what repetitive teaching could do.Susan worked with Genie to help her learn how to speak in a foreign language.

A scientist from UCLA worked with a woman to improve her language skills.She showed defects in the muscles she used for chewing and swallowing, and she seemed to have little to no control over any speech organs.Even though physical and psychological obstacles prevented her from using herlinguistic knowledge to produce speech, Susan felt that if she was able to understand the English language spoken to her, there was a good chance that this would reflect some linguistic knowledge of the language.A controlled comprehension test would have to wait because Genie was unable to understand and respond to any commands.Even though she scored at the level of a 1-year-old at her initial assessment, she quickly began adding new words to her vocabulary.After learning a few words like dog and run, she began to put two words together, like a dog house, which is something young children can do.She found that she could not put together sentences because she couldn't use words.She couldn't arrange these words in a meaningful way.It looked as though the theory of language development might be correct.

James Kent, a child psychologist, was surprised by his first impression of the movie.She was the worst case of child abuse he had ever seen.Her bones were unable to grow while she was forced to sleep inside a crib because of the restraints that her father used.She could not focus on anything more than ten feet despite having normal vision in both eyes, despite Kent finding it difficult to test her mental age.It was caused by being locked up in a small room for thirteen years.

Jay Shurly is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma.He began to visit Genie three days a week to conduct a sleep study to see if she was mentally challenged or if there was any damage from being isolated.According to Shurly's study, Genie Wiley had high levels of emotional distress.Jay Shurly's sleep study showed a reduced amount of REM sleep and a large number of sleep spindles.Shurly concluded that Genie had been mentally retarded since she was a baby.The other scientists were unsure if the information was true due to the progress Genie was making in expressing herself.Susan Curtiss argued that even though Genie had emotional issues, she could not have been retarded.If her condition was congenital, she pointed out that Genie made a year's development progress for every year after her rescue, which would not be expected if she was mentally retarded.

Genie was forced to move back in with her mother in 1975, because many people were fighting over her.The children hospital and many other scientists were sued by the mother of Genie for treating her daughter like a test dummy.Scientists were not allowed to work from genie.Genie was sent back into a foster home because her mother found her too difficult to take care of and she was subject to more abuse.There were more questions after scientists were no longer allowed to use genie as a test subject.After leaving Genie alone in foster care, her progress was compromised and she was afraid to open her mouth, which led her back to silence.

The author did a great job.The article was well written and enjoyable to read.The story is sad because she didn't get the help she needed when she was sent to foster care.It seemed as if she was making progress with her language skills, perhaps even able to learn one past her formative years, but we will never know as she tragically was taken back to her mother.Susan tried to adopt her, but the mom stopped it and sued the scientists.It's sad how horrible a life this woman has had to live and it should make us all feel grateful and motivated to make things better for future generations.

The story raises a lot of important things, such as the critical period theory and the fact that people can still learn language after this period.

I realized how important language exposure is for a child's development after reading this article.No child should ever go through that story.As soon as her mother took her out of the facility, everything went downhill as a result of using genie as an experiment.I would like her story to reach a larger audience.

The article made me realize how important it is for children to be exposed to language early in life.Since they pulled her out of the study, she may never get over the fact that she doesn't know what she's talking about.It is hard for her to cope with all the trauma she is facing and not be able to get advice on how to control her thoughts or accept her feelings.If the scientists had focused on her recovery instead of treating her like a project, they could have made more progress.

This is a good story to tell.I think it was difficult to read due to the structure, but I enjoyed reading about genie.The poor child is what comes to my mind when I hear her story.Humans have the ability to progress despite trauma affecting the body and mind.The scientist were focused on research instead of approaching the child as a child, and the mother was right to defend her daughter.They allowed a life to suffer for the remaining of it's purpose and had no regrets.Sometimes research is not worth it.

The article was a lot.The conditions were terrible.If there is limited socializing, one cannot possibly know how to speak or comprehend what is being said to them.The critical period theory was something I didn't know about.They were able to do more experiments to explore this idea, but it really sucks that it was all at the expense of this child.I think research interfered with Genie's treatment.She had strangers run a lot of tests on her, instead of focusing on recovering from her past trauma.Who would have explored this theory if it weren't for genie?Does the ends justify the means?

There is a clear message in this article.All efforts must be made to make sure that children are protected.The young lady is scared.We need to make sure the laws are in place to protect these children.