Living in a small community poses a number of challenges when it comes to conducting research with special populations, but with it comes great reward. We've been fortunate enough to connect with two wonderful organizations: L'Arche Antigonish and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) in Antigonish. They've been incredibly supportive in giving us the opportunity to develop a positive relationship with members of their respective communities. We anticipate that over the next few years, our research exploring special populations from a motor control perspective will grow. Thus far, we've been working with individuals with Down syndrome (DS) and undifferentiated intellectual disabilities. The aim of our two most recent studies has been to identify how individuals with DS process information differently than typically developing individuals. To do so, we measured reaction time in perceptual-motor tasks to make inferences about the temporal properties of the different processing stages (specifically response selection). There's a lack of research that has thoroughly addressed the impact of increased information processing on basic motor performance in individuals with DS. We hope that our work will help practitioners better understand the motor behaviour of those with DS.