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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:

31.145 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"Backward child, very restless, asthmatic. Father was electrocuted."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

31.146 Female, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, October 1945

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"Had a low IQ, excitable child, has had several jobs as a maid but has never stayed long in any."

Dates: Other: October 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 31

31.147 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"Backward child. Mother was 16 when he was born - now married and separated. Father was a commando."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

31.148 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"Very poor at everything, can scarcely read."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

31.152 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, Stammering, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"Backward, bad speaker, writes backwards. Left-handed, not a twin. Mother a poor soul, crippled with rheumatism."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

31.153 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, Physical illness and invalidism, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"IQ 68. Deformed after infantile paralysis."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

31.155 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"IQ 81, dull but better than his friend. Family a mix-up, mother not known, probably an illegitimate child coming in at the end of the family as a younger sibling. Grandfather a butcher, not a very good type. Dirty home."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

31.157 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, September 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/30
Scope and Contents

"IQ 71, just backward. Father a mason. Good home, clean, well looked after."

Dates: Other: September 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 31

32.101 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, Hysteria, December 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/31
Scope and Contents "Patient is an illegitimate child. Mother died when she was 14 years, was easy-going, dropsy. "This patient was in the CR for 2 1/2 years. The notes in her casebook describe her as feeble-minded and apparently suffering from a similar ataxia to the present one. In addition, at that time she passed through a psychotic phase when she was resistive and refused her food. Since then she has been living as a boarded out patient doing simple housework. She is facile, euphoric and lacking insight....
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 32

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

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/31
Scope and Contents

"This little boy is "the dumbest creature I ever met" - could not copy from the blackboard. He needs special schooling. Dull and backward and a dunce. Not MD. Nice child, no trouble, some days can't learn anything."

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 32