The child "Genie", as she came to be known, was rescued in 1970 from abusive parents who had locked her up in her barren room and tied her to a potty chair for over a decade. She had not learned to talk and had been denied normal human reaction. When she was found, she was 13 years old but had the appearance of a child much younger. From the day she was found, the effects of her imprisonment were apparent, but they would also reach far into the future- affecting her growth in the stages of human development. …
