Katie Price's major update on Harvey's future after council axes college funding
Harvey Price is going from college into "independent living," his mum Katie has revealed.
Katie, 47, last year said she was forced to withdraw her eldest son from the £350,000-a-year college because the local authority cut reportedly his funding, deeming he had "no healthcare issues". This is despite Harvey's ADHD, autism, genetic condition Prader-Willi Syndrome, and septo-optic dysplasia, which causes blindness. Katie, who came third in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2004, appealed against the decision.
Now, Harvey is going "into the real world," Jordan has confirmed. Speaking on the Katie Price Show podcast, the former model 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."
The mum of five, who shares Harvey with former Manchester United footballer Dwight Yorke, had previously told how her son "got bored" at the residential college and often wanted to come home.
But Harvey is now set for a change of scene, with temporary accommodation in Southampton ready for September and then something nearer his mum from October.
"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 be. He's going from college to independent living," the mother of five continued.
Harvey's Prader-Willi Syndrome is a complex condition which causes obesity and learning difficulties. He is also autistic and partially blind. Prader-Willi Syndrome is very rare, with the NHS estimating that it affects "no more than one in every 15,000 children born in England".
Twice-bankrupt Katie, who lives in Horsham, West Sussex, previously said: "Harvey is supposed to be moving in four-and-a-half weeks, they've (the college) changed management and said they won't be able to cater for Harv, because he's too difficult. So now I've got to find another placement for him... so yeah, more drama to deal with."
Later in the show, 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.
"Well 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." Finding the right care for Harvey has been a constant issue for Katie, a TV personality, since her eldest reached adulthood.
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