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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:

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

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/1
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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 1

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

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

Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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 1

1.119 Female, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, May 1947

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

Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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 1

11.19 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents

"This lad is "not right" - dull. Works on railway. PC agrees - he got a fright while on his bicycle in the dark, was as white as a sheet, was too frightened to go and tell the police about it."


Relatives in survey: aunt 11.18

Dates: Other: November 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 11

1.121 Female, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, May 1947

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

Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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 1

11.21 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, Idiocy, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents

"This man is apparently a low grade defective, is paralysed. In Larbert. Parents dead. Sister and brother used to fight like the devil before she married and left home."

Dates: Other: November 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 11

11.22 Male, Single, 25-34 yrs, High grade mental defective, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents "This boy attended the Special Class; was very backward, bad attender and a most unsatisfactory boy. Started to work on a farm at 12 years - mother kept saying he had an exemption but he was on the school register for two years more without ever attending. Very good with horses. Illegitimate. Grandfather a ploughman. Big house, not overcrowded, clean. Dr confirms this is a very soft family - he thinks [subject] is MD. PC says he is a "steerin' kind of a boy", was once in trouble for breaking...
Dates: Other: November 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 11

11.23 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Dull and backward, March 1946

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents

"This woman is funny ? defective? "family have an obvious element of mental deficiency". Two daughters - both look defective. Two rooms, passably clean. Nurse says this woman is a wee bit simple; mentally not very bright. Her married daughter looks peculiar."

Dates: Other: March 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 11

11.24 Female, Single, 14 yrs and under, Dull and backward, November 1945

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/10
Scope and Contents

"This girl is very backward, dull, hardly ever at school. She is illegitimate. Well dressed and well fed looking, but verminous."


Relatives in survey: Cousin 11.22, mother 11.72

Dates: Other: November 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 11

1.125 Female, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, May 1947

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

Questionnaires for persons in Area 1.

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 1