Sims 4: Wheelchairs and Disabilities

How about you stop bugging the rest of us? You said you share so now GO away!

I already said first. Stop copying me. And for your last information: Wheelchair and walt disney themes are not gonna happen for Sims 4. Now stop replying me, go away!

I like the idea. I don't think EA would ever roll with it though. As for the bullying aspect.. You can easily make a Hispanic sim, a fat sim, a celebrity, etc. and do all the same things. I think it would be great for storytelling and realism but probably not in TS4's future.

The wheelchair will prefectly matches the "bro fist" interaction afterward lol

I don't know but to me this is just a game and not meant to be that realistic, it's the same reason why there aren't non-binary sims and why sims can't die of depression. It's just too real it's a game and supposed more of a fantasy rather than real life. I'm not exactly sure which Guru said this but I totally agree. I don't mean to offend anyone and I am really sorry if this upsets anyone, it is just simply my opinion and I joined this forum because opinions are welcome.

I like this idea, but obviously it shouldn't be too realistic, I'd like if it'd be part of an expansion pack similar to Ambitions.

Speaking of which, kind of off topic. It would be cool for sims to be able to have an option to learn sign language, like a sim version...

I can only picture EA giving Sims temporary crutches... but then that's it. Like others have said, it could get TOO realistic and a little dark. (you play The Sims to get away from the big, bad real life!)

This could come with medical andd health careers also

True enough, but at the same time, if you're a teenager in a wheelchair, think of how awesome it might be to be able to have Sims like you in your game -- and to have everything in Sim life open to those same Sims. You could make people like yourself become superspies and astronauts and parents of piles of children.

I don't know about full blown disabilities and wheelchairs, it was mentioned before on this thread that it could get too dark and real. I know loads of people want some more gritty aspects of life in the game but EA are careful of what they release, some things are seen as inappropriate for younger players BUT it is given a teen rating, so they could possibly wrap it into some kind of EP. Maybe an accident and emergency EP? fire service, police, ambulance so we can get back some careers and have them more interactive (pop ups of go to such n such neighborhood because Mrs X has had a fall). Or making more consequences for accidents or random events like Little Jimmy fell over at school so is sent home with a bandaged head and is a little upset? I could see them having temporary casts that sims could sign though. I suppose it depends if EA want to keep with their happy families fantasy theme or introduce more real-life situations, but from what I've seen of the TS4 it's pretty set out on fantasy... have you seen the list of careers? Can my sim not have at least a couple of "normal" and "boring" careers? (gone off topic, I know )

true but Luthienrising has a point too-in the Sims if we did have full-blow disabilities (note: Most people who want disabilities who want to 'create themselves' or people they know who are disabled just want an option in CAS for wheelchairs or other stuff)- that a Sim that's blind could become an astronaut or a spy. Or a Sim in a wheelchair could became an astronaut. Do you know how many stories there are outside of the Sims where the disabled person is either "temporary disabled" or is the villain?

For the former it's three children's stories-Hedi, The Secret Garden and The Christmas Carol. All three books there's a secondary or third character which is disabled until the end of the book. The former it's a character called Clara and the second it's a boy named Colin. The last is a boy named Tiny Tim. As for the later disabled characters being villains again in children stories-Peter Pan and Treasure Island-aka James Hook or Long John Sliver (who happens to be afraid of the former). The closet thing to a villain in Jane Eyre- Bertha Rochester is mentally ii. Mr.Potter from it's A Wonderful Life movie.

Speaking of Potters, that bring me to Harry Potter series-the only series which shows in a sense good disabled or mentally ill people. Luna, Neville, Mad-Eye Moody, and Remus Lupin (I don't care what Rowing says about Lupin having something similar to whohoo diseases). There's also Xavier who runs school in X-men franchise whose in a wheelchair.

I'm putting Quasimodo in his own category since he's tricky he's a hero in Disney movie but kind of isn't in the book-but he's disabled too.

Yet disabled people both physically and mentally have gone on and done great things in history. Julias Casar people used to think have epilepsy but know people think its diabetes. A Greek senator had speaking problems-but in a sense fixed them. Beethoven became deaf and a lot of his work happened after he became deaf. painter VGV was mentally ill. Helen Keller was deaf-blind and yet she learned to speak and also became a spokesperson and told the story which we know as "The Miracle Worker" about her 'teacher' -her "Teacher" Anne, was blind herself. Of course the former U.S. president FDR. George VI also had speech problems. Some people that Einstein had Asperburgers. Alexander Graham Bell Had a learning disability and his female family members (his mom, his wife and I think his grandma?) were all deaf hence why he, his dad, and his grandfather spent years trying to figure stuff out-which led to the telephone. Thomas Edison had a learning disability but also became deaf. Lord Byron, the poet friends of the Frankenstein author and her husband, had a club foot. A British captain, Lord Nelson, in the Napoleon wars, used one of his disabilities-one of his eyes was blind-to his advantage even if I remember correctly he died soon afterwards

It wasn't all that long ago that as a society in the Western world that we locked up disabled or mentally ill in institutions or in their homes where only their basic needs were meet.

Personally I have no issues with EA adding in wheelchair users, anything that makes it more like real life I am all for It's a life simulator after all. I just could see why EA wouldn't add it, I think they underestimate how many people would actually be happy to purchase such things to give a more dynamic game. Plus, with the fact that Sims now disappear from lots for work it would make it more possible for them to pull off. If they were to introduce disabilities it would more likely be through a story tale kind of way, like you said with Captain Hook, I somehow doubt they'd introduce the loss of limbs any other way... and I have a feeling that the insane trait is about as close to mental illness as we get in this game, other than whatever depression moodlet they decide to have.

Could you please go back and read my entire post? I was editing it when you posted. In the Sims 3 they also had the neurotic moodlet which was more like OCD which is I think is a mentally illness.

You don't need to keep giving examples you know... I am well aware of people with disabilities and mental illness, it's something that affects me personally, I'm well aware that it isn't in any way shape or form uncommon. I just don't see EA coming out with a Disabilities and Mental Illness EP, if they were to introduce it it'd be in some discrete way. I feel that it's not something EA will ever particularly focus on in the sims franchise, whether that is right or wrong is an entirely different discussion. I don't doubt that such things will become available for players after it is released, just not by EA itself

If you want those kinds of things in YOUR game go get a mod for it. Sims isn't meant to be a realistic game. For gods sake there isn't even burglars in sims 4. They live in a perfect world lets keep it that way

If they didn't want to waste time with the height animations I seriously doubt they'll consider this.

there is no such thing nor will there be such a thing as a disabled mod. The closet thing to it would be CC wheelchairs.
@Vettlune-well sims can hug each other weather they are children and adults and teens can bend down to hug them. Sims who are sitting down in Sims 4 supposedly will look up at a standing up Sim. So I don't think it could be too diffcult to animate with the sims 4.

Still too much work...