County resource guide
Autism Resources in Lyon County, Minnesota
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in Lyon County. Minnesota statewide resources also apply.
Lyon County — home to Marshall — is in southwestern Minnesota. Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center provides healthcare services. Marshall Public Schools provides special education programs. Marshall's role as a regional hub supports a moderate local provider base. Families sometimes travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota for more specialized evaluation. PACER Center provides free statewide IEP advocacy.
Provider directory
Local Providers5 providers in Lyon County
About our listings
Provider listings on Autism Parent Club are submitted by practices or researched from public sources. All listings are reviewed for accuracy before publication. To suggest a correction, use the “Suggest a correction” link below.
Diagnostic clinics
Formal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Marshall · multi-county
Sanford Health — Marshall Pediatric Developmental Services
Sanford Health's Marshall clinic is the primary healthcare hub for Lyon County and the greater Marshall area in southwest Minnesota. Provides developmental pediatric evaluations and autism referrals. Complex cases route through Sanford's Sioux Falls, SD campus (~100 miles west).
Sanford Marshall serves southwest MN. Complex cases often route to Sioux Falls, SD or Mankato.
Early Intervention (0–3)
Free services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Marshall
Lyon County Early Childhood Special Education
Lyon County and Marshall Public Schools provide free Early Childhood Special Education for children birth through age 5 under IDEA. Bilingual services available — Marshall has a significant Latino community. Developmental evaluations, IFSPs, and in-home therapy.
FREE under IDEA Part C/B. Bilingual services available for Marshall's Latino community.
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Marshall · multi-county
Fraser — Southwest MN ABA Services (Lyon County)
Fraser provides in-home and community-based ABA therapy reaching Lyon County. BCBA-supervised programming accepts Minnesota Medical Assistance and commercial insurance under Minnesota's ABA mandate. Marshall's regional hub status helps more families access services.
Parent & family support
Parent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Marshall · multi-county
Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) — Southwest MN (Lyon County)
AuSM connects Lyon County families in Marshall to statewide autism support networks and programming. Southwest MN's growing Hispanic/Latino community in Marshall adds cultural diversity to the local autism family community.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Marshall · multi-county
PACER Center — Lyon County & Southwest MN
PACER Center, Minnesota's federally funded PTI, provides free IEP advocacy, training, and remote consultation for Lyon County families navigating Marshall and surrounding rural southwest Minnesota school districts.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all 87 MN counties.
For providers
Be the first featured provider in Lyon County
Featured listings include your logo, extended description, a direct contact button, and top placement above standard listings. Families searching for help in Lyon County see you first.
Missing a provider? Submit a listing — it’s free →
Helpful guides
Guides for Lyon County families
Step-by-step help on the topics that matter most.
School & IEP
Navigating the IEP process
Your rights under IDEA, how evaluations work, and what every IEP section means.
Finding help
ABA, OT, speech and waitlists
How to find qualified providers, navigate insurance, and get off waitlists faster.
Getting started
Where to start after diagnosis
A week-by-week checklist for the first 90 days — from evaluation to early intervention.
Benefits & money
SSI, Medicaid waivers, ABLE accounts
Federal benefits your child may qualify for and how to apply without losing your spot.
Mental health
Co-occurring conditions and support
Managing anxiety, ADHD, and depression alongside an autism diagnosis.
Daily life
Sensory processing and OT
Understanding sensory needs, sensory diets, and how occupational therapy helps.
Adulthood
Employment, housing, legal planning
Supported employment, housing options, guardianship alternatives, and ABLE accounts.
See all Minnesota resources
Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in Minnesota.
Minnesota state guide →Nearby counties in Minnesota
See something that needs fixing?
Providers move, phone numbers change, and links break — it happens. If anything on this page is out of date, wrong, or no longer working, please tell us and we’ll fix it. Keeping this accurate for autism families is the whole reason we’re here.
Report a correction →Help the community
Know a great provider in Lyon County?
If a therapist, clinic, or specialist helped your family, tell us about them and we’ll add them to the directory so other families can find them too.
Tell us about a provider →For providers
Are you a provider serving Lyon County?
Add your practice so families searching for help can find you. Listings are free.
Add your practice →