Chloe graduated from the University of Northampton in 2009 with a First Class Honours degree in Sociology. Following from this, in 2012, she completed an MA in Social Research at the University of Warwick. Chloe's PhD thesis, awarded in August 2022, explored the financial experiences of families raising children on the autism spectrum. The study drew on MIS methodology, and employed deliberative focus groups and family interviews to understand the required expenditures for an acceptable standard of living, as well as to explore societal and institutional impacts on families experiences of temporal, emotional and financial ‘cost’.
Chloe's research explores the financial costs of families raising autistic children. Embedded in this research are discussions of the social vs. medical models, where autism fits in with these models and their consequential effects on autistic children and their families.