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Just because I'm blind, that doesn't mean I don't see things. I see the way kids try to avoid bumping into me in the hallway, and how they cringe if they end up doing so, or laugh about it with their friends, as if they've just performed the greatest comity act in the past 10 years. I see the way people sigh when they're sat next to the blind girl. I see the way my parents sigh whenever I'm dealing with an accessibility issue, not out of feeling sorry for me, but because they don't want me to ask them for help. I see the way they view me, as a tiny child who can't make her own choices. I see the way many teachers get annoyed when having to adapt for accessibility. I see the way some people who I thought were my friends whisper behind my back, and never tell me about it. In a way, I'm a girl that sees everything.