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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:

16.314 Male, Married, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, Invalidism, March 1947

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

"Said to be deformed and mental, dirty and untidy, tries to work but not fond of it. House dirty. Three children below school age."


Relatives in survey: Aunt 16.143, wife 16.315.

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

16.315 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1947

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

"Said to be MD, dirty and hopeless. Incomer from England."


Relatives in survey: Husband 16.314

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

18.101 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

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

"IQ 72. Parents have left the district."

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.103 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947

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

"Very slow, quite simple. Now working on a farm. IQ 70-"


Sibling: 18.104

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.104 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

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

"IQ 72. [Male informant] says she is dull but all there, now working in a factory. Father was a cattleman. They were put out of their cottage and are now all living in one room, dirty."


Sibling 18.103

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.106 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

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

"IQ 75, has been in regular employment in a shop. [Male informant] considers that she is not dull, but normal. Lives with her old grandfather."

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.107 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947

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

"This lad is a Cretin, is all right on thyroid. Illegitimate. Dull, will be able to work."

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.114 Female, Widowed, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947

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

"Dr says this woman is MD. Husband, a farm worke, dead. Farm cottage. Clean. PC says this woman is neurotic, a queer old case, the filthiest tongued woman he has ever met. Works on a farm."

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.115 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947

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

"This woman is soft. She has an illegitimate child."


Mother 18.114

Dates: Other: June 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 18

18.118 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, June 1947

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

"Definitely dull, very poor. Illegitimate. Parents thought to be brother and sister."

Dates: Other: June 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 18