Suggestion - Sims 4 - Sims with Disabilities
I honestly believe Sims 4 is the perfect environment to represent people with disabilities. There are very few major games which do so. Elements that could be put in include: Wheelchair Bound Sim...
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In what way do you think such a diagnosis could be reflected in the game? It would be very difficult with a thing that you can not see. A cane for an elder that is something you can see but even there only a minority of elders use a cane.
@jpkarlsen There are a lot of things they have already added to the game that can help with that, people with autism are very creative, some love music and some don’t. My son love music and he love playing drums and he love books. Some people with autism are limited verbal and some are not, and some are geniuses, they added that extra thing for dislikes and likes which could help with creating a character with autism. There are a lot of famous people who have autism, and they share about their stories all the time. Some people with autism don’t like being around large crowds which is similar to loner but not the same, some people with autism don’t like being around stranger they don’t know. There are a lot of things in the game already they can already help with that
We have to always keep in mind people with autism is not all the same ,some are married with kids and care for their family, there are different levels of autism. Josh from Watch Dogs 2
So you say that the game already got all you need to simulate someone with autism but you want some way of labeling them as Autists?
I must say that I'm not a fan of labeling people whether they are simulated or not.
- @jpkarlsen Clearly you didn't understand anything I said. The game have tools that can be used to create a sim who have autism, there is not enough tools. For labeling you talking to a mother who have a child with autism and this is not just something I'm throwing in as a attack on anyone with autism because I have dealt with people who don't have a heart for the sick, the disabled , the elderly and the poor. My son is never a label he have a disability that people try to ignore or don't understand. There are programs that kids and adults go to daily with autism in real life and before a sim character can even be created as a character with autism those programs like the Regional Centers and other programs would need to be created.
I'm sorry but I did ask about ways you could implement this in the game and you responded with a list of things that are in the game. Then you posted a screen from another game where one of the characters were labeled as being on the autism spectrum so naturally I assumed that you lacked a way to put a similar label on your sim.
You mention a program that they go to daily. That could be implemented as one of the after school activities. Are there other ways you could see to implement it within the constraints of the game?
