Why does there seem to be a high proportion of paedophiles with autism or aspergers?

The diagnostic criteria for autism (ASD/ASC) includes no mention of 'learning disability'. The majority of autistics have average or above average intelligence. 

There is a difference between paedophiles and people who sexually abuse children. Most children are sexually abused by family members and people they know, whose abuse is opportunistic and does not reflect a definite sexual preference for children.

Most child sexual abuse is preceded by grooming. Grooming involves heightened social skills and psychological manipulation on the part of the abuser, these are precisely the skills that autistic people lack. Go look at the diagnostic criteria for autism.

I think you have been watching things that are either fabricated or, at best, are unrepresentative. Of course, some naïve autistics could have been manipulated by the people creating the videos, who would be much better at manipulation than the average autistic person. 

It's a minefield. The cases I have seen seem to involve some level of "grooming", but in many ways it seems almost innocent? Like there is talk about sex but also talk about marrying and things like that. To me the most prolific abusers - yes - are not autistic . 

I have spoken annecdottally to police officers who have siad most of the sex offenders do have some kind of neurological disability. This is a really controversial post as noted, I got banned from the reddit autism forum for even raising. 

But it's worth discussing because there's do much stigma associated with this. I also see a HUGE number of autistic indiviudals convicted in the UK for far right terror offences. Who are then also charged with child porn 

It's a minefield. The cases I have seen seem to involve some level of "grooming", but in many ways it seems almost innocent? Like there is talk about sex but also talk about marrying and things like that. To me the most prolific abusers - yes - are not autistic . 

I have spoken annecdottally to police officers who have siad most of the sex offenders do have some kind of neurological disability. This is a really controversial post as noted, I got banned from the reddit autism forum for even raising. 

But it's worth discussing because there's do much stigma associated with this. I also see a HUGE number of autistic indiviudals convicted in the UK for far right terror offences. Who are then also charged with child porn