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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:

30.53 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, November 1946

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

"Dull girl. Was rather a nervous child. Was a cleaner. Illegitimate, mother now married and away. She lives with an aunt. No siblings. Dr does not think she was bad enough for the special class. She was a bad speaker. Now a cleaner in a factory."

Dates: Other: November 1946

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

30.62 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1946

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

"A want about him, over polite. Used to take out the basting threads at the tailors, now is a packman. Played the organ but wasn't any good. Big house, clean, not overcrowded. Dr says he is MD and neurotic, can work at tailoring, a grand musician. Siblings are OK."

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.63 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, Stammering, November 1946

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

"This girl led the schoolmaster a dance, very impudent, clever. Now working in the co-op. Has a bit of a stammer."


Siblings: 30.64

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.64 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, November 1946

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

"IQ 79, not too bad. Father a dairyman, has a milk round, smart. Mother, 40+, helps with the post. Very respected people."


Sibling: 30.63

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.66 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1946

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

"This woman is definitely simple. She came as a housekeeper and had a child 9 months later. Very, very dull."


Son: 30.67

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.67 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, November 1946

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

"Definitely mentally deficient, can't walk. Mother realised it and wants to put him in a home. Illegitimate. Father elderly."


Mother: 30.66

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.68 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Epilepsy, High grade mental defective, November 1946

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

"IQ 70-, dull, has had fits but not recently. The only child to get a free dinner. Very backward but nice."

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.69 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, November 1946

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

"Boarded out child from Glasgow. Is slow. Good with his hands."

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.73 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1946

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

"A peculiar type, harum scarum, came of a good family and had some money but went through it, has lovely furniture but it is wasitng with neglect and dirty. Definitely dull, has had too many children. Brother shot a girl who jilted him before the war. Dr says this woman is definitely soft."


Children: 30.79, 30.76, 30.80, 30.75, 30.74, 30.77, 30.107

Dates: Other: November 1946