Although I understand concerns that pps have about filming Harvey and other DC without them being able to consent to it, if that was sought every single time then you wouldn't ever see children or adults with intellectual disabilities on TV. And that in turn then becomes problematic because the issue evolves in to "out of sight, out of mind" or just plain ignorance. And ignorance can lead to all sorts of poor behaviour from the general public towards disabled people as was demonstrated in a recent documentary. It also allows issues like poor statutory provision to be kicked in to the long grass by successive governments. I do think therefore KP has done a good thing making this film and raising awareness.
I think some of the previous comments about KP being a poor mother are pretty low tbh. I wonder how any of us would cope given the same challenges? I think most of us would need frequent breaks in that situation. And she is presumably trying to work and keep a media presence going which could explain frequent absences. Also, KP has to think about the safety of her other DC so I don't think we should be judging her about "palming him off" to others. She's probably done what's best best for him and the whole family in very difficult circumstances, just like many other parents.
KP and Harvey seemed extremely close on the film, and I thought she handled his behaviour very skilfully. I don't think you can fake that on camera as it comes from endless hours of spending time together.
The most important thing that emerges from that documentary is not anything about KP herself, but the issue of DC with autism being placed in unsuitable care and finding themselves sectioned and sedated without any basic rights, not even being fed properly. Why is this being allowed to happen? It's a national scandal. You can say "ah well funding" but the treasury found money when it had to when Covid came along. (It even found money to temporarily house the homeless when before that had been impossible too.) As usual, it's parents themselves, usually mothers, who are left to struggle along alone. There was an awful case today in the papers about a mother killing her severely autistic child owing to a combination of not being able to cope and developing severe mh problems. KP should be applauded for highlighting the problem of poor state provision.