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 SimsRamps/Elevators they can use instead of stairsWalkers/Canes (for elderly/injured sims)Deafnessadd Sign Language skill. Without it, they would be limited to non verbal communication.Appropriate handicap in learning auditory skillsBlindnessSeeing eye petsWhite CanesAppropriate handicap in learning visual skillsAnd so on...

Can I suggest an idea for an expansion packs? I used to be a nanny for a child with special needs. We still remain in contact. I was showing her Sims 4 and she took a huge interest in it. One of the questions she asked me about the Sims 4 is..."Is it wheelchair accessible?" The answer is decidedly, no, it really isn’t. Here is a list of ideas in which could be used in such an expansion pack. Ramps (as an alternative to stairs)Wheelchairs (fitness points go to a sim who uses a manual wheelchair) Walkers and gait trainers AAC Devices (Alternative Augmented Communication devices. These come in various forms, tablets that have speaking by tapping on the right words. Or computers that can sit on tables, desks, floors or be mounted to a wheelchair and can be controlled by eye movement (aka Eyegaze) Sims could have various physical disabilities such as Cerebral palsy which could have various symptoms, unable to walk (without assistance, thus the various walkers, gait trainers and wheelchairs) unable to speak (thus the AAC Devices) This would be a great opportunity to tie in the Cats and Dogs pack. Pets could be upgraded to service animals with special training. And then they can assist the sim whether they are at work, university, on a date, or on the town. This could also introduce animals with disabilities and we could have dogs and cats with little wheelchairs for paralyzed back legs. There could be public buildings set up for sims to have occupational and physical therapy. Sims with wheelchairs can join in playing basket ball, or riding their wheelchairs in skate parks. Another condition could be that the sim is blind. I certainly think that this would make things very interesting. I used to play the game Spore and sometimes for my creatures I would not give them eyes and so I would play them that way. It certainly was interesting. Gameplay for a blind sim would be very different. Everything could be blacked out except for a ring of light around the sim which would show immediate objects or people. Going into build mode would be just as normal as you design the house and objects and things inside. But in live mode everything is limited until the sim nears it. Perhaps after a certain amount of time being in that area, maybe after a few days in the same area that circle of light or visibility widens as the sim gets more familiar. Other sims around the blind sim will get more clear the more times they meet or the stronger the friendship becomes, or if they are enemies and really hate each other. The blind sim could have a service dog that provides more visibility to the sim as well. The service animals in both scenarios can do much more on command then with the pets. Such as bringing things to the sim, like food, or leading them through the park, city festivals, museums, to the right university building, or sniffing out caves to explore in outdoor retreat. Anyway that was my idea. Even if none of this comes to fruition I would very much like ramps, at least, to be added to sims 4.

I live every day of my life with more then one disability and when I play the sims games while I love that I can make it so my sims don't have the same things I go through on a daily basis. I keep finding it lacking not everyone in the world has perfect health and I believe that giving the option to have a sim that has a disability would in fact be welcomed by many in the disabled community. Though I do understand that there might be just as many if not more (though I dont think so) that don't want it. I hope though that the ones that would like to help raise awareness of disabilities will also speak up

Will there ever be disabled sims added?As a disabled person it honestly breaks my heart that I can't play as myself fully in the game. I watch my sim run around, go on walks, and so on but I can't personally do that and it just depresses me. I can't live out my full life.I'd love to see wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, blind sims, feeding tubes, breathing tubes, and so one added into this game. Its suppose to simulate real life and real world struggles (but in a fun sims way) but it cuts out a HUGE group of people who currently cannot see themselves in the game.A fantastic thing to do would be to even pair with a charity so if it's sold as a expansion pack, then 30% of proceeds can go to them, so people don't feel angered for buying a big pack just to be disabled. Cause with the amount of work it'd need to be added in it'd make since for EA not to have it be free, which I get.But I just hope one day we can actually HAVE disabled sims added so I can actually see myself in something.

Well, you are wrong on several topics. 1. There are elevators featured (but not necessary used in game play) in University and City Living packs.2. When raising a child in the sims there are options of teaching how to walk and talk. Could be easily substituted for a tablet or communication device. 3. Ramps are great where in bikes could be used as well. Instead of having to get off of a bike each time there are stairs. 4. And as someone who has lived with children with special special needs, I think it is quite dreadful of you to suggest that all people with disabilities wouldn't be interested in a game that stimulates real life scenarios. All that being said. If wheelchairs became an option for sims 4, it would not just be usable for sims with special needs, there could be some play for characters healing from an injury rather than just being smashed into the floor by a malfunctioning bed, or electrocuted by an angry gnome. And consider the elderly, they could use it to lessen the need to sleep and rest and still do things they would like to do. And sure going back and forth from a blind sim to a seeing sim could cause problems, but I think it would be fun game play as I have done that in the past with EA's Spore. And my remedy was that the more familiar a place became, the clearer it would be. So not every time it you played everything would be dark, just unfamiliar places (or if things got moved, which does causes issues for people with seeing disabilities.) My roommate and night blindness, if an area is a little bit dark she cannot see at all, she happens to love the idea of all of this. With these simple filters I think the game would be very interesting. And it would perhaps work great as a teaching tool for kids on what life is like for people with disabilities.

@godslittleangel, I feel for you -- it can be disheartening when you don't feel the game represents you completely, be it something minor like body freckles or height, or something major like an illness or disability. ☹️Part of the problem with a company adding disabilities to a game is that there are so many different disabilities, that you could not include them all; someone is going to be left out no matter what EA does. 😕 The only way to potentially address this is if they made a Sims-like game that centered around disabilities and illnesses. This is similar to a topic I replied on a while back about wheelchairs in the Sims. 🙂 Here is the link:https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/Suggestion-wheelchairs-in-The-Sims-4/m-p/6194384#MLike I stated in this other post, your best bet is to search for CC or Mods that are related to your issue. And maybe in the future you or some other like minded person can make a game that centers around various disabilities! 😉Best of luck, and happy Simming! ❤️

Suggestion - Sims 4 - Sims with Disabilities

209 Replies

Anonymous
3 days ago
I know we can't exactly have the trait you have a difficult time learning things (speaking for Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and intellectual Disability to name a few) because despite the 1 thing they all have in common (learning disabilities) it takes a lot of times to create these traits and it might not implement this very well
But i do hope we get a trait you can't learn things the way others do (the exact opposite of "practise makes perfect" or whatever it was called) for a even more realistic gameplay
It can be in the personality trait! (I know it's not everyones cup of tea but i bet some people wants this in The Sims 4)

Since not everyone wants disabilities in the game, it can be in the pack similair to the "holidays celebration" pack, this way people can buy the pack who wants this and leaving people out of this who doesn't want disabilities in the game so it's a win-win for everyone this way
ik45l6zte029
Seasoned Newcomer
4 days ago
Adding AFOs, prosthetics, and mobility aids ect. would improve representation for players with disabilities (like me ). It would also make make the game more inclusive and reflect wider range of real-life experiences.
thornwill
Seasoned Ace
11 days ago
I'd really like to see the sims using sims with down syndrome in promotional content and adding some premade character(s) to the game. It'd be a good way to show we can create it and include people with it. I'd also like to see hypertrichosis in the game too.

I wonder if we could ever have dwarfism in the game too, at leats the proporcionate dwarfism.
Elivenya
Rising Rookie
2 months ago
They are not even getting it done to add the most basic everyday animations to the game...immagine how much animations a weelchair would require...
catnipdealr
Seasoned Adventurer
2 months ago
I don't thing this will ever be added to sims. They go for positive things, if they make a funny version of disabilities that will make many people angry. I don't think they could ever do it right. Just look at the paranoid trait. Paranoia is something serious, the game makes it look like a funny thing. So many kids play the game, we don't really need more misinformed people who think disabilities are a joke or something cool.
thornwill
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
Since not everyone wants wheelchairs in their game (that includes some wheelchairs users too) why not bring it as a free pack like the Holiday Celebrations, so anyone who wants it can download, and who doesn't won't need to have this feature forced in their game via update.

This pack would bring wheelchair users (as a life state?), basic wheelchairs and many house objects adapted to wheelchair users like stove, shower, toilet, etc.

Ramps could come on base game update because they could be used for bikes, cars, motocycles, skates, etc.
sailorleontine
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
you're not the only one who wants this in the game😊😊
LexiStar101
Rising Newcomer
2 months ago
I am a disabled individual and I never make myself in the sims because there is no way to fully make myself with a disability on the game. I think it would be great to have some disability representation in the game Example: Wheelchairs, Canes, Walkers. Maybe even set one of the walking setting to limp.
Intern_Waffle_64
Seasoned Veteran
2 months ago
It is incredibly unlikely this will ever happen, because these sorts of things cover a profound spectrum of behaviors and needs and whatnot. There's literally no way they could ever properly depict this sort of thing in a way that feels good to everybody, and for that reason it's best left to mods where the user is allowed to pick and choose what they do and don't think "makes sense".
SinDarkGoddess
Newcomer
2 months ago
I would like there to be more disability representation in The Sims 4. Like perhaps having disorders like ASD or ADHD as personality traits. I want to have a Sim that is more like me