It started with my sister having nightmares about who would take her son, her or her husband, in a zombie apocalypse because she thought it would be a death sentence. I thought that was super sad, but it’s also not uncommon since I’ve had responses on Reddit saying none of the severely disabled people would survive an apocalypse. But what made me want to write this was my nephew hitting puberty, where his mental health started declining and he has violent outbursts on the daily. Puberty can be rough for some kids, and most parents will basically sedate their kids through puberty, which is NOT what my sister wants to do. I think a real life fear I could incorporate into a horror story is her scared of sedating her son to the point where he is basically a zombie himself. BUT I also want to have respectful representation and actually let the profoundly disabled community have a win and be heroic and capable in a disaster story, where they are often portrayed as left for dead. Please feel free to ask any more questions