Katie Price’s son, Harvey, who is blind and autistic, has a big change ahead of him as he leaves residential college and heads out into the ‘real word’
Katie Price has revealed her eldest child, Harvey, is ‘coming home for good’
Katie Price has revealed her eldest child, Harvey, is “coming home for good” after struggling to find the 23-year-old a college place. Harvey, who is blind and autistic – and is one of 2,000 people in the UK who has Prader Willi syndrome – has a big change ahead of him as he leaves the specialist school he’s currently in and heads out into the “real world”.
Katie, 47, has spoken candidly about the cost of keeping Harvey in residential college amid cuts to council funding as well as being declared bankrupt for the second time. And now, she’s revealed her “baby bear” is coming home to her before Harvey moves to independent living in October in Littlehampton.
Harvey Price is blind and autistic – and is one of 2,000 people in the UK who has Prader Willi syndrome (Image: BBC)
Speaking on her podcast with her sister, Sophie, she said: “Harvey is doing the countdown for his new place. He’s got his leavers ceremony where they give out certificates and then it’s the ‘real world’ Mr Harvey Price.
Katie explained that Harvey was first going to a temporary accommodation, before beginning his new placement in October.
She shared: “I’ve found him a place in Southampton which is temporary. It’s got five other adults in it. Then he moves to his place in October, which is Littlehampton, which will be nearer to me. He’s going from college to independent living.”
The glamour icon took to her Facebook page, sharing her excitement over Harvey’s big change as she cuddled next to her firstborn in his college bedroom.
She captioned the adorable snap: “Reunited with my baby bear. Harvey’s coming home for good in 12 days.”
Last Tuesday, Katie shared another photo of the pair and gushed: “Love you so much Harv, not long now” with the hashtags ‘#soproudofyou #familytime # newbeginningsahead.”
Harvey, whose father is former footballer, Dwight Yorke, had been living at the £350,000-a-year specialist school, National Star since 2021, but amid cuts to funding and Katie’s financial difficulties, he was withdrawn last year.
The mum-of-five has had a tough time trying find her son a new place, with one care home calling Harvey ‘too difficult’ and the West Sussex County Council reducing his funding.
Katie spoke candidly on her podcast about tirelessly trying to get Harvey into a new place after she was forced to withdraw him from National Star.
Though he later returned to school, the doting mum was hit by more upheaval in February when Harvey lost a place at a care home.
At the time, Katie claimed that her son had lost his place weeks before he was due to move in after the management changed and they determined that they couldn’t cater for his needs.
Reflecting on Harvey’s heartache, she said: “We worked months and months for that and he was told four-and-a-half weeks before that he couldn’t go there, and Harvey has been doing the countdown.
“It’s stressful because you want the right thing for your child and it is a lot of time and effort to go back and do more meetings, more forms, it is very time-consuming because you want the best for your child.”
