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Intellectual Disability

 Subject

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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:

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

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

"IQ 70-, very dull, now working. Father a fine chap, bad eyesight."


Siblings: 30.79, 30.76, 30.80, 30.75, 30.77, 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

30.75 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, November 1946

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

"Very dull. IQ 73, exempt."


Siblings: 30.79, 30.76, 30.80, 30.74, 30.77, 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

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

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

"Said to be backward, but [male informant] says he is the only one of his family with any brains. Fairly normal, but a very bad temper, aggressive."


Siblings: 30.79, 30.80, 30.75, 30.74, 30.77, 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

30.77 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

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

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

"IQ 73, very dull at school. Now in domestic work."


Siblings: 30.76, 30.80, 30.75, 30.74, 30.77, 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

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

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

"IQ 80 but very poor. Was a farm domestic, never stayed long at any places, not at home. Mother's fault."


Siblings: 30.79, 30.76, 30.75, 30.74, 30.77, 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

30.81 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1947

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

"IQ 70-. Now working as a farm hand. Father is a labourer. Two or three sisters, one has migraine."

Dates: Other: March 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 30

30.83 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

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

"Decent but simple, nothing in her."


Husband: 30.82

Dates: Other: December 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

30.84 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1946

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

"Definitely MD but able to work about the house. Was not at school. Father a joiner, delicate. Mother about 50, OK. Clean house, not overcrowded, harmonious. PC - completely gone, was in Special Class. She is a Mongol. Will never be able to work."


Sibling: 30.85

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

30.87 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1946

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

"A puir wee bit crater, a wee bit softness about him. Decent but simple. Dr says this lad is all right and not delicate."


Children: 30.88, 30.90, 30.89, 30.93 Wife: 30.92

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