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It's Friday, the weekend is upon us, and what's more - it looks like rain. Again. So what better way to spend an inclement weekend than tucked up in the warm catching up on some of the best disability related content in the blogosphere?

Here's just a snapshot of what's going on, but if you know of a blog that deserves a mention, get in touch at the usual address - ouch@bbc.co.uk.

Éù reckons his helper is trying to bump him off, in an outing cunningly disguised as a trip to Tesco - but then he hasn't been sleeping much lately...

All went a bit too smooth really, that is until we were on our way back to the car, which incidentally I managed to pull straight into one of the 5 empty Disabled Parking Bays so I cant even rant about that, when the trolley attached to the front of the wheelchair came to a sudden halt nearly throwing me over the top. She'd only gone and pushed me HEAD ON into a Bollard, not just caught it either, smack bang in the middle of the trolley leaving a nice big dent. 'I didn't see it coming,' she said.

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Éù is writing about how a seemingly trivial illness and some life-stress can cause a flareup of her bipolar symptoms:

The fact that all of this co-incides with a change of job does not necessarily mean that the new job is to blame. On the contrary, when I'm enjoying this job, I really love it. I think what may be going on is that I've had too many stresses and shifts recently, including a very busy summer and a complete change of work situation, and all this stress has become the catalyst for a whole load of symptoms that I really don't need at this very busy time. Ah, the marvellously irritating paradox of stress-induced bipolar crap.

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Éù Over at , Gordon is proud of being a visually impaired wheelchair user. This week he's blogging about just that, and asking the question - why should non-disabled people assume he's unhappy with himself for being so 'faulty'?

People may find it crazy if I tell them I'm proud to be disabled. Why? Because I have learned to do new things and got to explore myself in more ways than I ever thought possible. Except for the physical pain, being impaired can mean finding yourself again. For in fact, what people see on the outside is nothing more than an image.

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Éù Finally, it's 'Parts Replacement Week' at the as Blue goes to get her new trach fitted. What's more, she has a 'posse' to go with her...

So. I have this nurse who goes where I go, and parents who have a knack for teamwork in the doctor-patient arena with me. All four of us went to the clinic together today for the trach change. And while there is good people-watching of all kinds there, I'm sure we are something to see. If you wandered into the nearest church lutefisk dinner and picked out two reasonably limber senior citizens and a women aged 35 or older, you'd have an idea of the utter coolness of my entourage. They carry gauze and saline. They wear comfortable shoes.

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Well, that's it for our first roundup - who needs RSS? If you know of a blog we should be featuring here, let us know at ouch@bbc.co.uk