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Intellectual Disability

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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:

6.17 Male, Married, 45-54yrs, Dull and Backward, June 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"Silly, simple, a ne'er-do well, no good, never did any work. Married, one child."


Mother 6.16

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 6

6.18 Male, Single, 15-24yrs, High grade mental defective, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"IQ 70. Very poor type, dull, bad at shcool, truanted a lot. Now labouring. Father very hot tempered. Mother died of TB. Brother and sister died of TB. Clean house. Has improved since he left school. Decent people. BAckward or MD. Hopeless."


Father: 6.19

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.20 Male, Single, 14 yrs or under, Dull and Backward, May 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"Very poor reader. Family have moved about a lot."

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.21 Male, Married, 55-64yrs, Dull and Backward, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"A silly fellow, dopey, Used to give up his place in his wife's bed to a black man every weekend. Farm labourer. Wife much younger. Housing not very good, overcrowded. They are the moving around kind."


Son: 6.22, wife: 6.23

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.22 Male, Single, 14 yrs or under, Dull and Backward, May 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"Very slow at school, would not be able to pass the control exam."


Parents: 6.21, 6.23

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.27 Female, Single, 14 yrs or under, High grade mental defective, Chorea, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

""Medium grade mental defective". Attended Special Class but paretns objected. She has had chorea."


Mother: 6.30 Sibling: 6.29

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.29 Male, Single, 14 yrs or under, Dull and Backward, May 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"Not very bright, simple. [Male teacher] was glad to get rid of him."


Mother: 6.30 Sibling: 6.27

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.30 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, Dull and Backward, Psychopathic personality, May 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"Considered dull, "nervous". [Male informant] says she is a silly creature, not exactly dull, but thickheaded and with a simplicity about her. Defied the school management committee. Husband dull and thickheaded. Smart in some ways but definitely mental. Gets funny ideas - persecuted just now, thinks everybody is against her daughter."


Children: 6.29, 6.27

Dates: Other: May 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 6

6.31 Male, Married, 45-54yrs, High grade mental defective, Alcoholism, August 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"Simple, was in the army but they sent him home. Big, strong man, healthy but always out of a job. Spends any money he has in the pub. Wife OK. House moderately clean, two rooms, very overcrowded."

Dates: Other: August 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 6

6.32 Male, Single, 15-24yrs, Dull and Backward, Physical illness or invalidism, May 1947

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/6
Scope and Contents

"IQ 70-. Lost a lot of schooling through asthma. Now a forester with his father. Very decent people. Very bad asthma."

Dates: Other: May 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 6