Living in a small community poses several challenges when conducting research with special populations, but with it comes great rewards. 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, allowing us to develop a positive relationship with members of their respective communities. We anticipate that our research exploring special populations from a motor control perspective will grow over the next few years. Thus far, we've been working with individuals with Down syndrome (DS) and undifferentiated intellectual disabilities. Our two most recent studies have aimed 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 our work will help practitioners better understand the motor behaviour of those with DS.