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Intellectual Disability

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:

23.5 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, May 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/22
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.

Dates: Other: May 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 23

23.6 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Psychopathic personality, Dull and backward , June 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/22
Scope and Contents

"This woman is feckless, cannot manage a house - e.g. no sheets. Just a doll. Incomer from Edinburgh. PAO and nurse agree that she is stupid. Filthy. Moving soon to a prefab."

Dates: Other: June 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 23

2.37 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, June 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

"This little boy has just come to school. He is very dull, it will take years to teach him the alphabet. Illegitimate."


Relatives in survey: 2.36

Dates: Other: June 1945
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 2

2.38 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

"This child has only recently gone to school. [Female teacher] says she will be dull but not ineducable. IQ about 80, probably."


Relatives in survey: 2.6

Dates: Other: June 1945
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 2

23.9 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Head injury, May 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/22
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.

Dates: Other: May 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 23

2.43 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

"This boy is backward, can read and write but has no idea of number. Mixes well, not reserved, gets into mischief. Father a ploughman, hardworking man. Mother a decent soul. Clean and well fed looking."

Dates: Other: June 1945
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 2

2.45 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, June 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

"This girl can't read or write, was a nuisance in her last school. She is a very poor attender. Refuses to come to school. She is a whiner and blames the next door child for knocking her over when she hasn't. Her mother is rather simple and takes her part. The only child of elderly parents. Mother personally dirty."

Dates: Other: June 1945
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 2

24.5 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/23
Scope and Contents

'Cannot write his name or read the time. Definitely backward. Drives a lorry. Earns £3 a week. Father died of TB. Quite a clean house. No Public Assistance. Father was supposed to live in separate hut but he was always with the family. Minister confirms - physically and mentally weak.'


Relatives in survey: 24.6, 24.52

Dates: Other: July 1947
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 24

2.46 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, April 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2
Scope and Contents "This man is called "no very smart", dull, keeps to himself. He drives a tractor, is a good workman. House: Reconditioned house, two rooms and an attic. House is dirty and smelly but children are fairly clean. Family relationships harmonious. PC considers them poor but decent. They applied for help with clothing to PAO some years ago. Dr says all the children have adenoids and catarrh. Their mother is wellmeaning and harmless but has no foresight. Her brother suffers from nerves but finds...
Dates: Other: April 1945
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 2

2.47 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, April 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/2
Scope and Contents

"This boy was clssified in the control exam as MD. IQ not given. He has been working on a milk cart, now working on farm. Was in Home Guard."


Relatives in survey: 2.50, 2.58, 2.49, 2.48 mother 2.59 father 2.46

Dates: Other: April 1945
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 2

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