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Disabled Persons

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.

Found in 264 Collections and/or Records:

29.62 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, Epilepsy, Physical illness or invalidism, April 1944

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Dates: Other: April 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 29

29.98 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1944

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Dates: Other: November 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 29

30.18 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"A little devil, very backward. Is a cripple, walks with crutches, was put out of school because he was such a problem. Shocking behaviour - was spoilt in the sanitorium, tries to rule the roost at home."


Father: 30.16 Siblings: 30.21, 30.19, 30.20

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.19 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Dull, not unteachable, deaf."


Father: 30.16 Siblings: 30.21, 30.18, 30.20

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.44 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"At the Royal Blind School. Also dull, practically unteachable but this may have been due to his bad sight. Was very difficult to test. Looked odd. Illegitimate. Mother 30+. PC does not think much of his mother. But when seen by the PSW she seemed all right - excellent cook and housewife and very clever with her hands."

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.60 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"A terrible problem, defective and paralysed, sent to the Special class but would not go. Very jerky and unnatural. Nurse confirms he is a bad one, had infantile paralysis, spoilt, just at home, never made to do a thing. Seen by PSW - looks like a high grade. One sibling has had a dirty head since she had mastoid. Dr - had infantile paralysis, has a vile temper. Mother about 40."


Sibling: 30.61 Father: 30.59

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.77 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Very bad eyesight, two years retarded."


Siblings: 30.79, 30.76, 30.80, 30.75, 30.74, 30.107 Mother: 30.73

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.88 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"IQ 71, dull as ditchwater, backward but nice. Working at the tailor's. Has a club foot, TB?."


Siblings: 30.90, 30.89, 30.93 Mother: 30.92 Father: 30.87

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.98 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Undiagnosed, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Odd girl, has a bad squint, immature, was not called up, seeems slightly paralysed down one side, eyes bad, limbs very flexible. Quiet and pleasant, very shy."


Mother: 30.97

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

30.99 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Epilepsy, Physical illness or invalidism, November 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Epileptic and deformed. Lame. Everyone surprised when she got a husband. Dirty and very overcrowded - room and kitchen for her and husband, one child, her married sister, her husband and four children and the old father - they all sleep "heids and thraws"."


Husband: 30.100

Dates: Other: November 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 30

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