![]() A short time later, Irene went to ask for aid from the health department's services for the blind, but happened into the general social services office by mistake. Eventually, however, Irene convinced her husband to call her parents and allow her to leave with the children. Irene, who had gone blind due to cataracts and a neurological problem, felt as though she too wee a prisoner in the home because there was little she could do without her husband's help. Clark would often beat Genie if she made noise and would bark outside the door to frighten her into silence. Genie would be moved to a crib that was built of mesh at night, encased in a sleeping bag that was more of a straight jacket than a bedcover. Clark made a harness and used it to restrain Genie to an infant potty chair, left alone all day in a dark bedroom at the back of the house. When told that Genie was more than likely mentally retarded due to her blood transfusion at birth, Clark became convinced that he had to protect her from the outside world. Clark was so distraught over this that he moved his family into his mother's house and shut them off from the world. The driver was caught, but received a lenient sentence for the death. When Genie was still an infant, Clark's mother was killed by a hit and run driver. When Genie was born, she too suffered Rh blood poisoning but was saved by a blood transfusion at birth. Another daughter would die from Rh blood poisoning. A short time later, Irene gave birth to a healthy boy who survived thanks to the intervention of his grandmother. Despite this, Irene gave birth to a daughter who was left by Clark to die of exposure in the garage. However, Clark made it clear to his wife that he did not want children. At first they had a happy marriage, although it was often overshadowed by the demands of the husband, Clark's, mother. Genie's mother, Irene, married a man more than twenty years older than herself. Genie: A Scientific Tragedy chronicles Genie's life from the moment of her rescue until the moment science forgot about her, leaving the reader with a story that is both tragic and in some ways triumphant. Somewhere along the way these eager scientists forgot they were dealing with a deeply disturbed child. Genie became a celebrity in the scientific community, surrounded by scientists who wanted to study her. Upon her rescue, Genie could not speak except a few simple phrases more than likely spoken to her repeatedly throughout her captivity. ![]() This was done by the father in an attempt to protect what he thought was a mentally retarded child. Genie spent her childhood from the age of twenty months until she was thirteen strapped to an infant potty chair in a dark room of her father's house. This book explores the scientific actions taken when a thirteen year old girl was rescued after years of social isolation. ![]() Genie: A Scientific Tragedy is the first book written by journalist Russ Rymer. ![]()
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