is a pedophilia perversion a common side effect of autism?

Well, I'll weigh in on this despite the crappy nature of the question and foolishness of the asker. I have autism, and I also am what is known as hebephilic. Hebephilia is a preference for children around the age of puberty, and different from pedophilia. Either way, an attraction to children below the AoC here. But, I'm just one person, and don't know if that sort of thing is more prevalent with those with High-Functioning Autism. I have only come across one other person with HFA and pedo/hebephilia.

I will state one other thing. Today I took a research survey for those who are attracted to children 14 years and under, and one page sounded like an autism questionnaire. So, maybe psychologists suspect a link between autism and pedo/hebephilia? I do know there seems to be a link between autism and substance abuse/addiction.

What a lot of people mean when they question age of consent laws is they think 13-year-olds should be able to make their decisions about this. That wouldn't be pedophilia in the technical sense because they're post-pubescent. So 13-year-olds often have sex with each other, and while we don't encourage it, it's not a crime and usually they manage just fine. So it's not like an older person with a 13-year-old is some horribly unnatural act in and of itself. It could be as OK as two peers. That's my explanation for how a reasonable person can be against age of consent laws just on grounds of liberty. However, we prohibit it because of the strong potential for pressure and manipulation, and I think that's a good thing (and I am a pedophile, so my selfish interest would seem to call for the other conclusion).

First, from your quote I don't see anywhere a hint that he's a pedophile, so I don't know how's that relevant.

Next, no, I don't think pedophilia is common among people with autism. What I am not sure is if it is more common than among neurotypical people. We don't even know well the prevalence of pedophilia among general population. I think we can't exclude this possibility, but we shouldn't assume it's true unless we have a good evidence for that. We don't know cause of autism not the cause of pedophilia. There can be more than one possible cause. It's pretty possible that there can be a factor (gene, prenatal environment difference etc.) that increases likelihood of both autism and pedophilia. But the correlation can be weak.

No. It is absolutely an individual thing. That's like saying that pedophilia is a girl thing, a boy thing, a straight thing, a gay thing.. it has nothing to do with any of that.

Are all your questions aimed at individual people you disagree with? You really should seek psychiatric help.