Spent the morning in a session about disability and duties at the university.

Usual stuff from the stupidity of current law-making to the drudgery of the some of the jargon and technicalities. Still, it was made up for by the presenter being very jovial, very unPC and very antiestablishment for someone who is pretty high up in the uni heirarchy. Quite refreshing.

Throughout, I couldn't help thinking about a story I recalled reading as a boy. Couldn't remember the title or the author. Just that ballet dancers were weighted down so they wouldn't be better than non-ballet dancers and the aim was to keep everyone 'equal'.

After the session I tried a Google search on those limited ideas and didn't find the story, but did find a page with lots of stories. A quick perusal gave me two leads to try following up and the second hit exactly what I'd been remembering.
http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html

1961. How prescient!

I shared the URL with the presenter and he was very grateful having also read the story as a boy!