We found an online message board where he can talk to teens with dyspraxia. Some of them sound like they are similar to my son--very intelligent but with motor difficulties that are worse on some days then others and having to deal with people who don't understand. He was very happy to be able to connect with other kids like him--even though they are in another country. It is so nice to find other people who understand his difficulties.
Yippee!
BTW - sorry about the shoe snap. Think of it as an opportunity to model appology and acceptence of one's human limitations. I snap at mine sometimes also - I try to take it as a learning opportunity for myself, to be a little more sympathetic to my son's teachers and other adults, and to see the level of stress I am under trying to hold a mental map of my son's strengths and weaknesses in my mind.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
