@NatureLover older people can't apply for NDIS. I might have had a brief window of opportunity between NDIS becoming available in my area (its implementation was piecemeal in the early stages) and aging out of the scheme  but I guess my self efficacy wasn't sufficient to apply. Maybe I was held back by the very condition I needed help for (psychosocial disability) . But Vision Australia said I needed funding for help with my eyesight too.