Intellectual Disability

"This lad is pleasant and affable but distinctly abnormal. Was practically ineducable at school, could not read or write. Is now a farm worker (semi-skilled) on his father's farm. Steady work record. Clean home, not overcrowded, comfortable, harmonious. M.D. in control examination results. P.A.O confirms - decent, hardworking family. Dr. confirms defect. Nurse confirms that this boy looks peculiar."

"This man is an imbecile, very uncouth looking, big head, can't talk properly, has never been able to work. Parents dead, lives with his sister. P.A.O. confirms - village idiot type. No P.A. Two rooms for 2, clean. No sanitation."

"This is a terrible woman, silly, dirty, has goitre, weighs 12 stone."

Son in study - 15.27

"This woman is simple-minded. Has an illegitimate child."

Sister (15.54), nephew (15.3) and mother (15.55) in study.

"Patient has a fatuous expression, defective articulation. Low intelligence. Does not know letters of alphabet, untidy and careless in habits. Fails to answer simple questions."

"This girl is definitely peculiar, not working, lives at home but can cycle. Speech impaired, you cannot get any sense out of her. Recent incomers. House only passably clean, throughither, harmonious so far as known."

"Mental age 10 years. Confusion while in hospital. Two roomed farm cottage, farily clean, harmonious. This man has been visited periodically unde the After Care scheme. He is very shut in and does not make friends easily. Goes to pictures once a week. Has had several changes of job in two years. Seen by P.S.W."

Mother (15.62) in study.

"This man is defective and alcoholic; able to work as a farm hand. May yet end in C.R. Home conditions: he lives with his mother and brother. Dr. says this man is O.K. so far as he knows. Big farm house, not overcrowded, clean."

"This woman is very dirty and stupid, smokes 30 cigarettes a day, cannot keep a house. 3 roomed cottage, filthy."

"Dr. says this woman is a bloody fool and sub-mental. A bit soft, a laundry worker. Nurse says, this woman is not very clean and a bit soft, due to her mother's influence."

Relatives in survey: Mother 15.72, son