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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:

16.154 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ was 81, [Male informant] considers her very dull. Father a smallholder. Dirty. Mother, 40-50, very dull and bovine, very untidy, no appearance of intelligence, nose always at the grindstone. No public assistance."


Relatives in survey: mother 16.155, siblings 16.156, 16.157

Dates: Other: January 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 16

16.155 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Described as very dull and bovine, very untidy, no appearance of intelligence, nose always to the grindstone. Dr cannot remember which family this is - but thinks it is a very dirty one."


Relatives in survey: daughter 16.154

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 16

16.156 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"IQ 79. Now working? Dull."


Relatives in survey: sister 16.154

Dates: Other: January 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 16

16.157 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, January 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Very dull, is in primary III, i.e. two years retarded. But can give bright answers on occasion. IQ is 84 or 86 - [Male informant] considers this very dull."


Relatives in survey: sister 16.154

Dates: Other: January 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 16

16.160 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"This child is hopeless, dull, small, with a very narrow face; but also perky and full of original sin. Can't pick up anything at all. Father a farm worker, dullish, had a bad motor accident. Mother, 20+, bright, the cousin of a doctor. No siblings. Good home."


Relatives in survey: mother 16.159

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 16

16.161 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"A queer one, not quite right, working as a farm labourer. Drags a leg - imbecile? Parents dead. No PA. Awful house, 3 rooms. House unsuitable for adopting a child. Another sister was epileptic. Had an illegitimate child. Nurse confirms. Untruthful, a warrior. His brother is dull - a tractor driver, older than [patient name redacted]. Married with some children, OK."


Relatives in survey: sister 16.215

Dates: Other: February 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 16

16.162 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, February 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Dull girl, worse than her adopted sister. Now keeping house for her foster father. Adopted child, no information about parents. Nurse: Simple, has not had much of a chance. No public assistance."


Relatives in survey: Foster father [16.70] sister [16.209]

Dates: Other: February 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 16

16.163 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Idiocy, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents "On Dr's list of certified defectives. Is defective looking, only mumbles, can do simple jobs under supervision. He can't do anything, gets up at dinner time, goes to bed early, never speaks, can't dress himself but can feed himself. Has to have a light on all night. Father a farmer. Mother dead. Two sisters, both married but living at home. Normal. Housing conditions very good. Should be in an institution. No PA. [Male informant] confirms. Very defective, mute. Parents were first cousins....
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 16

16.164 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Very poor indeed but was absent from the control exam. No PA. Nurse confirms that she is dull. Has two children. Now living in a prefab, fairly clean. Husband a labourer. Not RC now. Dr confirms that family are dull, but doesn't know one from the other."


Relatives in survey: brother 16.224

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 16

16.165 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents

"Dull, looked it, very untidy. Married with two children. Husband a labourer. Now in a prefab. The family are deficient but pleasant and well-behaved. Not RC now. IQ 81."


Relatives in survey: 16.224

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 16