ABC reporter Nas Campanella writes about a shocking interaction on a Sydney train

Sometimes when I’m out in public I can feel you staring.

Some of you go quiet as I walk past. Some of you even talk about me when I’m in ear shot. Surprise! I can hear you.

It may also surprise you to know that I catch public transport. And while thankfully it’s mostly a mundane task, it’s where I get the most reaction to being blind.

Sometimes it’s good and other times it’s really bad.

One train trip stuck with me. It upset me so much that it’s only now, years later, I can write about it.

My white cane was folded up on my lap. I was engrossed in the latest true crime podcast and I felt someone tapping my shoulder.

I immediately pulled my headphones out.

A curious passenger wanted to know how I’d lost my vision. I explained that was a…