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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.83,0:00:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Reporter] Officials in the Los Angeles\Nsuburb of Arcadia
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.26,0:00:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken custody of a \N13-year-old girl and they say
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.46,0:00:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was kept in such \Nisolation by her parents
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.93,0:00:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she never even \Nlearned to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The girl still wore diapers and\Nwas uttering infantile noises
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.27,0:00:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a social worker discovered\Nthe case two weeks ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.05,0:00:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the authorities are\Nhoping she still
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.67,0:00:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have a normal\Nlearning capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.92,0:00:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Among the first to\Nsee the child was
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.89,0:00:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Temple City Detective, \NSergeant Frank Linley.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.83,0:00:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Linley] I already knew that\Nthe child was 13 1/2 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.60,0:00:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I took one look at her
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.50,0:00:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she wasn't much \Nbigger than my daughter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.36,0:00:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beverly, who had just\Nturned seven
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.76,0:00:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about three months earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.94,0:00:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really had a hard\Ntime conceiving of the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.12,0:00:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the child was the age\Nthat she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.34,0:01:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child obviously\Nhad been severely mistreated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.23,0:01:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she was still in diapers,\Ncouldn't walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.33,0:01:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had no verbal skills\Nat all at that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.19,0:01:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last time I was\Non this street was probably
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.75,0:01:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,30 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.35,0:01:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yep, there it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.86,0:01:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasn't changed much.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.59,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The back yard looks the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all weeds and dead grass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.33,0:01:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looks the same\Nas it did in 1970.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.72,0:01:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] The house belonged\Nto Clark Wiley.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.94,0:01:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A loner, Clark had turned\Nhis back on the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.55,0:01:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after his mother had been killed\Nin a hit and run accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.39,0:01:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the accident,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.58,0:01:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things in the Wiley house\Nwould never be the same again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.51,0:01:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Linley] The house was completely dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.15,0:01:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the blinds were drawn\Nand there were no toys,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.38,0:01:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no clothes, nothing\Nthat would ever indicate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.01,0:01:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you that a child\Nof any age lived there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.59,0:02:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child's bedroom was \Nback in this corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.25,0:02:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.47,0:02:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The windows were covered to\Nabout three inches from the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.19,0:02:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which were the only natural\Nlight that had ever come in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.67,0:02:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in all the time\Nthe child was in the bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entire furnishings of\Nthe bedroom consists of a cage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.78,0:02:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a pull down\Nchicken wire lid and some type
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.13,0:02:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of piece of wire securing\Nit when they closed it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.32,0:02:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a potty chair
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.54,0:02:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some kind of\Nhomemade strapping device.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.06,0:02:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] For 13 years, Genie had spent\Nher nights locked in bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.71,0:02:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her days, strapped\Nto a potty chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.77,0:02:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During that time Clark had\Nordered his son John
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.57,0:02:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wife Irene, never\Nto talk to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.81,0:03:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her darkened room, she had led\Na life of near total isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.98,0:03:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even close neighbors were \Ncompletely unaware of her presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.53,0:03:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laicans] We came home from work\Nand the police was here
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.50,0:03:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they came to question us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.81,0:03:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when we found out,\Nyou know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.19,0:03:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened and, you know,\Nthat they had a little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.12,0:03:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knew, nobody knew before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.25,0:03:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we found out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.82,0:03:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened\Nand how she was treated,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.61,0:03:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, everybody was shocked\Nand just unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.99,0:03:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] For their whole marriage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.55,0:03:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clark had imposed\Nhis will on Irene.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.33,0:03:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And blind with cataracts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.83,0:03:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had been too\Nscared to resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.01,0:03:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one day something broke.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.51,0:03:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Clark was\Nout buying groceries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.57,0:03:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she seized her chance and fled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.52,0:03:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first glimpse
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.50,0:03:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world would have of Clark\Nand Irene's dark secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.99,0:03:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Linley] I met Clark and Irene at\NTemple City Sheriff's Station.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.10,0:03:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were both under arrest\Nat the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.68,0:03:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we interviewed Irene\Nshe would make no mention
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.03,0:04:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the family whatsoever,\Nparticularly the children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.31,0:04:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I attempted along with\Nmy partner to interview Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.07,0:04:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He refused to talk to us.\NHe wouldn't say a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.39,0:04:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never even acknowledged
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.57,0:04:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he understood\Nwhat we were talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.14,0:04:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman] Mr. Wiley?\N[Wiley] Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.57,0:04:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Woman] Why did you keep\Nyour daughter in a room--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.82,0:04:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man] Mr. Wiley has no comment.\N[Wiley] No comment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.31,0:04:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Man] We haven't had time\Nto discuss the charge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.19,0:04:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we haven't even seen them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.43,0:04:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Unable to face the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.95,0:04:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clark took matters\Ninto his own hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.61,0:04:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Reporter] This morning the authorities\Nreported that 70 year old Clark Wiley
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.19,0:04:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shot and killed himself just\Nbefore he was to go to court
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.03,0:04:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be arraigned\Nfor child abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.58,0:04:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] After 13 years,\NGenie was at last free.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.08,0:04:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for scientists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.43,0:04:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was just the case\Nthey had been waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.75,0:04:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 13 years Genie had lived\Na life of complete isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.15,0:04:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raised in a city bedroom,\NGenie was as much
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.95,0:04:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a feral child as if she\Nhad been brought up by wolves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.58,0:05:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 13 she was the size\Nof a six year old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.96,0:05:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worst of all she had never\Nbeen taught to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.22,0:05:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question now,\Ncould she ever learn?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.06,0:05:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie's case was so\Nscientifically important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.07,0:05:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the government funded\Na team of scientists
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.63,0:05:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help answer the many\Nquestions she posed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.81,0:05:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two of the scientists who would\Nbecome especially important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.41,0:05:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Genie were\Nchild psychologist James Kent
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.60,0:05:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and linguist Susan Curtiss.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.10,0:05:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Curtiss] It's so wonderful \Nto see you. God.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.63,0:05:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Neither had ever encountered\Na case as extreme as Genie's.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.63,0:05:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Kent] We looked at her as a--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.19,0:05:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a newborn in a way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.39,0:05:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though we know she hadn't--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.69,0:05:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she came with 13 years\Nof memories and experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all of them wonderful.\NMost of them not, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.40,0:05:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we felt we needed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.88,0:06:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start to expose her to what\Nthe world was going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.71,0:06:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like for her outside \Nthe hospital bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.78,0:06:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] To Genie, everything \Nwas a new experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.39,0:06:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Kent] We did what you\Nwould do with--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.23,0:06:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your own kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.25,0:06:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were introducing \Nthem to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.27,0:06:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd take them out and \Nhold them up and show them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.76,0:06:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sort of judge from how they reacted
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.28,0:06:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to whether this was too much
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.15,0:06:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not enough and you could\Nmove on and do the next thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.94,0:06:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Genie was making\Namazing progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.39,0:06:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the experts looked on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.13,0:06:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they realized that she might\Nbe the answer to the question
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.86,0:06:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had troubled science\Nfor so long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.60,0:06:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Curtiss] So we seized\Nthis wonderful opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.15,0:06:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she provided us\Nin as loving a way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.99,0:06:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we could but using it\Nto finally get our chance
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.15,0:06:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to address head-on \Nspecific hypotheses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.84,0:06:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and notions about human language\Nand the human mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.37,0:06:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] These hypotheses were based\Non the latest ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.06,0:07:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how children's\Nbrains developed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.73,0:07:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.32,0:07:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young children could only learn\Ncertain things at certain times,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.91,0:07:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called critical periods.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.23,0:07:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language was one of\Nthese critical periods
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.72,0:07:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and according to the theory,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.17,0:07:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie who was now a teenager,\Nhad missed her chance forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.54,0:07:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But incredibly, Genie seemed\Nto be proving the theory wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.07,0:07:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As this footage shows,\NGenie was blossoming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.32,0:07:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only was she delighted \Nby the world around her
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.73,0:07:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she was learning the words
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.26,0:07:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the new things\Nshe was seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.70,0:07:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Curtiss] She was extremely \Ninterested in everything around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.26,0:07:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wanted to know the word\Nfor everything around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.87,0:07:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wanted to engage \Npeople all around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.28,0:07:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was not mentally deficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.24,0:07:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her lights were on and everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.77,0:07:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who worked with her from\Nteachers to therapists to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.09,0:07:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew that she was not retarded.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.62,0:07:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was clear as day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.09,0:08:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as she began to learn more\Nand more words,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.83,0:08:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of words, much more\Nrapidly than I ever imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.22,0:08:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And string them together, I began\Nto think maybe I will be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.14,0:08:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe she will be the one
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.01,0:08:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will prove that\Nthis hypothesis is incorrect.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.09,0:08:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] But Genie could not\Nescape the effects
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.17,0:08:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her past so easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.18,0:08:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was still haunted\Nby her traumatic upbringing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.20,0:08:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trapped by the memories of\Nthe awful fate she had suffered.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.59,0:08:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And linguistically, she\Nhad stopped making progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.23,0:08:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Curtiss] She learned \Ntons of words.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.87,0:08:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has an enormous vocabulary.\NBut language is not words.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.40,0:08:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Language is grammar.\NLanguage is sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.49,0:08:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you make a sentence?\NWhat can be a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.73,0:08:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.80,0:08:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you automatically\Nknow something's a sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.94,0:08:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it wasn't because she\Nwas cognitively deficient
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.67,0:08:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other respects, it was because\Nshe was cognitively deficient
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.90,0:09:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this island of human mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.47,0:09:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mental faculty\Nthat we call grammar.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.18,0:09:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] At the time Genie was found,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.50,0:09:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain science was in its infancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.02,0:09:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today we have a much clearer picture
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.15,0:09:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what actually happens in cases
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.91,0:09:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of extreme neglect, like Genie's.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.43,0:09:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Perry] In Genie's brain,\Nthe left part of her brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.97,0:09:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her cortex, that has those \Nneural systems responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.49,0:09:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for speech and language.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.22,0:09:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because she never\Nheard any words
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.30,0:09:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because she\Nwas never taught--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.49,0:09:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spoken to very often.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.24,0:09:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't get stimulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.99,0:09:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because they\Nweren't stimulated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.42,0:09:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got smaller\Nand less functional
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.64,0:09:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disconnected and ultimately
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.21,0:09:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that part of the brain\Nliterally physically changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.39,0:09:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Today with modern\Nimaging technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.19,0:09:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can actually see what happens\Nin the brains of feral children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.39,0:09:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the effects are shocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.15,0:09:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without normal stimulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.94,0:09:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their brains are smaller and malformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.49,0:10:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the earlier this neglect begins\Nand the longer it carries on,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.35,0:10:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worse the damage will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.82,0:10:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starved of stimulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.42,0:10:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie's brain had simply not developed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.52,0:10:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the capacity for language.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.51,0:10:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now that she was a teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.16,0:10:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she would never be able to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.58,0:10:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite this, Genie continued\Nto be a close part of everyone's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.75,0:10:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, there was more trouble ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.19,0:10:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Kent] Children have to belong\Nto somebody when they grow up
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.22,0:10:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was still a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.94,0:10:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she needed a family to belong to.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.71,0:10:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what we would have liked,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.17,0:10:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a family that she could belong to.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.27,0:10:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's not what happened unfortunately.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.75,0:10:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did happen is about the worst outcome
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.69,0:10:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we would have envisioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.96,0:10:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] On her 18th birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.68,0:10:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie moved back with her \Nmother, Irene, into the house
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.20,0:10:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which she had been so terribly abused.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.37,0:10:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after only a few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.83,0:10:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was clear that Irene couldn't cope.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.28,0:10:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From here, \NGenie was moved into state care
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.00,0:11:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with terrible consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.75,0:11:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Curtiss] I was a student and \Npeople wouldn't listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.74,0:11:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who needed to intervene\Ndid not listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.18,0:11:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I spent lots and lots\Nof time on the phone pleading
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.15,0:11:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people to intervene and save this person,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.91,0:11:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had had the worst experience
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.51,0:11:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of deprivation and isolation\Nin all recorded medical history.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.26,0:11:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Genie moved from home to home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.26,0:11:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes with the very people\Nwho served as her therapists.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.66,0:11:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This potential conflict of \Ninterest raised tensions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.66,0:11:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among the many people involved in her life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.52,0:11:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a tug of war erupted over the child.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.40,0:11:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Genie's condition deteriorated,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.79,0:11:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Irene decided that Susan Curtiss
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.91,0:11:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other academics had\Nbecome too close to Genie.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.27,0:11:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lawsuit followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.78,0:11:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Curtiss] I went from being asked\Nto be her guardian, to one week
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.37,0:11:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later being prevented from \Nseeing her or phoning her.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.96,0:11:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ever since then\NI've been prevented
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.67,0:12:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from having any contact at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.92,0:12:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So although I have lots of,\Nyou know, I'm still a scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.14,0:12:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still interested in knowing\Nthings about her language now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.47,0:12:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all kinds of interesting things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.82,0:12:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to pursue academically,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.80,0:12:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,primarily, I would just like to see her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.53,0:12:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Narrator] Now a ward of the court,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.38,0:12:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Genie lives in an adult \Ncare home somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.61,0:12:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Los Angeles, prevented\Nfrom seeing the people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.84,0:12:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who once meant so much to her.