Kentucky mom says woman followed her into Walmart and called her autistic 3-year-old’s diagnosis ‘karma’: ‘I will never stop speaking out’
The adults were arguing over Facebook posts. Her 3-year-old had nothing to do with them.
“My kid’s not slow.” A woman made that remark during a Walmart confrontation with Kentucky mother Kyleigh Gemini Baker, who says the insult targeted her autistic, nonverbal 3-year-old son. Baker alleges the same woman had previously called his diagnosis her “karma.”
Baker shared two recordings of the encounter, saying the woman followed her into the store after weeks of online harassment. Throughout the argument over social media posts, Baker repeatedly asks her to leave her alone and eventually seeks help from a store employee.
The other woman accuses Baker of posting lies and disputes how the confrontation began. The recordings capture the remark about a child being “slow,” while the earlier “karma” allegation comes from Baker’s separate Facebook account.
The Facebook argument didn’t stay on Facebook
Baker says the woman parked beside her car and followed her into Walmart. Once inside, the woman wanted answers about posts she accused Baker of making. Baker wanted her to leave.
The accusations about lying and copying content are between the adults. “My kid’s not slow” brings a child into it. When Baker questions the comment, the woman repeats it.
Her son does not even know this woman, Baker later wrote. He had no part in whatever happened between them online, but she says his disability had already become a target before they met in the store.
“Get away from me. Stop harassing me. Leave me alone,” Baker says repeatedly. The woman responds that she is allowed to ask a question. By then, Baker has made clear she does not want to answer it.
In the second recording, Baker asks a Walmart employee to call police while she keeps filming. The other woman says Baker recorded her before she asked a question and describes her as “dangerous” during a call.
Neither clip shows how the encounter ended or what police did afterward. The women disagree about how it began, but Baker’s requests to be left alone are audible throughout.
Her son’s diagnosis isn’t a punishment for his mother
Baker says the comments about her son started weeks before Walmart. “She also insulted him a few weeks ago and told me his diagnosis was my ‘karma,’” she wrote. That remark does not appear in the recordings, but Baker says it is part of why she understood “My kid’s not slow” as an attack on him.
Calling a child’s diagnosis “karma” treats his disability as something bad that happened to punish a parent. Baker describes her son differently. She writes about how hard he works toward milestones and how her family celebrates each one. Those achievements belong to him, regardless of what anyone thinks of his mother.
Being nonspeaking also does not mean a child has nothing to communicate. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association explains that people can express themselves through gestures, signs, pictures, and electronic tools. Assessments that require spoken answers may need adjustments for someone who cannot respond that way. Baker has not specified which communication supports her son uses.
In one post, Baker asked followers to stop engaging with the woman and said she wanted to move on. She later returned to the dispute with more posts criticizing her. The argument continued online even after that appeal to leave it alone.
Baker says the case is over, though she has not shared the court’s decision in these posts. The recordings also do not capture the alleged “karma” comment. Her complaint is that whatever disagreement the woman has with her, her son should not have to answer for it.
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