What can disability access teach us about the ways we design, maintain, and move through the world? In this episode, Eleanor Drage speaks with Cassandra Hartblay, author of Access Vernaculars: Disability and Accessible Design in Contemporary Russia. The conversation explores how accessibility is shaped by local histories, political systems, language, and everyday experiences. Hartblay discusses the humble ramp as a technology of “good passage,” the limits of treating accessib