What Arthur Miller did in denying his own son is just flat wrong. Yet, I have seen personally how this happens ad vomitum, and in those institutions where the kids wind up, we have been dismayed endlessly by the invocation of denial, of parents who drop off the defective kid and walk away, change their address, unlist their phone numbers and declare the kid nonexistent. My memory flashes immediately to a precious little boy who was hydrocephalic, had a shunt and otherwise was doing fine. He was bright and loving. Each time we would appear he would zip down the hall in his little wheelchair and cling to our legs, pleading with us for what love we could give. When we would leave, his dejected look haunted us. His parents were like Arthur Miller and countless others. I don't think he was happy there and don't think he survived any longer than a cut flower.
This thread is from reaganaut1 with thanks to TheSarce for the ping.
Arthur Miller, who died in February 2005, [and Inge Morath] had a son born with Down syndrome in 1966. Soon after, they made the painful decision to put the child, Miller’s youngest, in an institution for the mentally retarded before Miller essentially cut him out of his life.
Ms. Andrews describes in detail how Miller rarely, if ever, accompanied his wife on weekly visits to see Daniel, almost never mentioned him to shocked friends and didn’t mention him in his memoir, “Timebends.”
The picture that emerges is of a father in denial and a son who has moved on to live a happy life without him.
Arthur Miller (playwright) ignored Down Syndrome son
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Arthur Miller was a disgusting person. So sad and how well live had rewarded him in spite of his limited talent. IMHO, he was way overrated - I found his work boring.