Suggestion - Sims 4 - Sims with Disabilities

@octobermel88 we've asked for these for a while and asked for it to be implemented well. In media articles the team have said that it's something they are always thinking about.

It does concern me because of how bikes are quite bugged, it would look even worse if it was a wheelchair.

I'm disabled myself but don't use a wheelchair, but one of my best friends has FND and she does use a wheelchair on her bad days.

Amongst disabled players on console lately there is a lot of upset caused by the handling of the changes to our controllers. They were broken by patch 1.69 and our accessibility posts have received no communication and we've had no fixes or a timeline. We feel sidelined, that's putting it mildly. So the important thing is for any representation to be handled well, because other things could not have been handled worse. I've been really upset with the game's handling of the situation recently. My game was mostly accessible to me and now it isn't and nobody will acknowledge my issues or those of players like me. It's been 3 months.

I liked the addition of medical wearables and I'd like to see more. I love every bit of inclusive content in our game. I just want it done correctly so if it takes longer to do that then I'd rather they take their time. Too many things are rushed and cause major issues. I'm sure we'll see something, maybe it will be in Sims 4 or it may wait till Sims 5.

@octobermel88 

Unfortunately it is not possible to have wheelchairs in the Sims 4 as there would be no way to get up stairs. Maybe in the Sims 5 though I doubt it.

I feel like in the next Sims 4 update ea should add disorders you or your child could get at birth or just devolup over time 

Where are the disabilities in SIMS 4? I'm talking about Autism and wheelchairs? Why can't i have my brother Sean in a wheelchair and my son as autistic?

@snakechildau 

Wheelchairs are not possible as it would be impossible to get into most buildings let alone go to first floor.

How would you depict Autism in any meaningful way in a game like this?

@jpkarlsen   It shouldn't be that difficult to create ramps for wheelchair access.  I still think it's weird (and possibly insulting) that HSY included an accessible parking space at the High School, even though we don't have wheelchairs in the game.  Not to mention, that even if wheelchairs were part of the game, this spot is the most inaccessible spot for the school.

@JonaO703 

Adding ramps would not be hard you could probably make something that works with terrain tools but that is only a minor part of making it wheelchair accessible. I agree that it is an odd place to put a handicap parking spot. Handicap parking do not necessarily mean that you are wheelchair bound having to use crutches or walkers counts and these could far easier be implemented in the game.

@jpkarlsen   You're right.  My apologies if that was insensitive of me.  My mother does not use a wheelchair but she does have mobility problems and has a placard for accessible parking spots.

Would there ever be a near future opportunity for the sims teams to make items catered towards blindness or genetic disorders.  This is random, in the sense that this thought popped up while working on a character build.. I was clicking through swatches and my character now resembles someone who has albinism. I remember a girl in my college time telling me that one thing that she deals with being Albino is her vision, and she said it was very likely she would go blind in a few years, and now I'm thinking. Will we see those types of medical add ons in the sims? It would also give the pets a little more play, because you could send or personally train seeing eye dogs. It's great to see them already adding so much in to personalize characters more, but I'm also having to remember this is a game, so it was never major to me. But as one who gets really into her story building on here... it would be nice to see if more options will be coming soon and I know many people feel related to when they see or can get items on here that resemble their own goings on.

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