English: Autistic people can face tremendous social pressure to conform and avoid being seen as "difficult," "controlling," or "burdensome" simply for having different needs. This can hamper self-advocacy skills, thus making life more difficult especially in adulthood. Many autistic people are conditioned to quietly accept uncomfortable or painful situations in order to accommodate the non-autistic people around them. This is one potential reason for the high incidence of complex PTSD in the autistic population.