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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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?
As a person with a disability, I use the game as an escape from reality. EA never implements things like that very well. The current medical devices are just for show. Do you know how a majority of Sims I have aged up in-game randomly get hearing aids for no reason other than it is in the earing/glasses category? I have fibromyalgia, and it doesn't present the same in every person. There is a mod trait for it, and includes things that I don't experience or have to deal with from my disability IRL. Btw, I am an OG simmer and have played since 2000. I was in my early 20's when the franchise was originally created. A majority of people I know with disabilities use gaming as a way to escape reality. From my observation, it is just a new-age extreme group who are wanting every game to have representation to the level of reality. I sympathize with those who believe they want a deep level of representation, but those same people would heavily complain if it was put in as DLC instead of as a base game feature.
No its not that, its that I have a story based around a disabled girl, and I am unable to play out that story in sims, no worrys there are work arounds, mods, poses and people have created wheelchairs and other props. Its just making gaming more life like for me any way, from a caring and nursing background.
