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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:

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

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/3
Scope and Contents "IQ 78, not too bad - [female informant] says she has turned out very well. Had a baby at 17, just at home now. Mother, 50+, a splendid worker in other people's houses, never kept her own very clean. Gipsy stock, grand baker. Father a farm worker. Now in prefabs. A bit mental?"Siblings: [Sister] IQ68, married. Eldest died of TB. [Brother] in navy, did well. [Brother] farm worker.Poor house, dirty no conviences, not overcrowded now. Only a room and a kitchen...
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 3

35.5 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents

"Being trained by the railway people for a signalman, but is not right in the head, simple. Has also worked as a chauffeur. Married, they have drifted apart, no children. Dr confirms, not much in him, flighty and excitable. Minister says he is quaint, volatile and unsettled."


Relatives in survey: Mother 35.6 sister 35.4

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 35

35.6 Female, Widowed, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents

"PC says this woman is simple too, like her daughter. Dr - well below normal but can look after herself. Minister confirms - worried, dull and anxious, not quite up to the battle of life."


Relatives in survey: children 35.5, 35.4

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 35

35.7 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents

"[Male informant] thinks this boy is dull. One of a big family. Minister confirms - a plodding lad, will be able to work, can't say much. Dr says they are a dull family but normal. He will be a farm worker."


Relatives in survey: Siblings 35.8, 35.9

Dates: Other: July 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 35

3.58 Male, Married, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/3
Scope and Contents

"IQ 70-. is now a farm labourer. OT score was 14. Married, no children. Wife keeps house for his father. Father an invalid - heart. Mother dead. Minister confirms they moved a lot. PC confirms - now married, house fairly clean. Older sister had a boy before marriage. Another sister had two children who died. Brother, poor stuff, married a nice girl."


Relatives in survey: Sister 3.59

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 3

35.8 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents

"A bit slow, dull and silent."


Relatives in survey: siblings 35.9, 35.7

Dates: Other: July 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 35

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

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/3
Scope and Contents

"IQ 77, was at Loreburn Street [school]. A poor specimen, now keeping house for her widowed father. Pregnant?"


Relatives in survey: Brother 3.58

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 3

35.9 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents

"Dull boy, slow and silent."


Relatives in survey: siblings 35.8, 35.7

Dates: Other: July 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 35

3.61 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, High grade mental defective, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/3
Scope and Contents

"Mentally retarded. in primary 1, poor health. PC confirms: rather a backward family, haphazard."


Relatives in survey: Father 3.60, mother 3.62

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 3

36.1 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Dull and backward, Physical illness or invalidism, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/35
Scope and Contents

"Dr says this woman has a pituitary disorder, weighs 16 stone, slow mentally."

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 36