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72-year-old autistic woman lives alone in old bamboo hut in Ayutthaya

72-year-old autistic woman lives alone in old bamboo hut in Ayutthaya

A 72-year-old autistic woman has been found to live alone in an old bamboo hut in a remote area in Ayutthaya.

After informed about the woman, Red Cross and local government officials rushed to provide her some foods Wednesday morning.
The woman was identified as Somnuek Darapong. She lives alone in the hut without tap water and power and without toilet room.
Sasithorn Pinnikorn chief of the Tha Rua district’s Red Cross the woman is not married so she has no children and her relatives have either died or moved away.
Sasithorn said the autistic woman could communicate and asked for tap water, saying she had to carry water from a canal far from her house.
She has been living on elderly monthly allowance of Bt700 for a elderly person and a monthly allowance of Bt800 for a disabled person.
Sasithorn said she would coordinate with the Tambon Nong Khanak Administrative Organization to repair her house, provide her tap water and build a toilet room for her.
People who want to help her can contact the TAO at 089-903-3134.
 
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