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College campus decides to use jazz hands instead of clapping to be more inclusive of those with anxiety

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OXFORD, U.K. — The University of Oxford is ...
NME

Clapping to be replaced by ‘jazz hands’ at Manchester University Student Union events

Clapping and cheering has been replaced at Manchester University’s Student Union events in order to make them more accessible. READ MORE: “There’s more of an understanding that it’s OK to not drink”: ...
WLKY

University replaces applause with jazz hands because clapping is an 'anxiety trigger'

Students at the University of Oxford will now use jazz hands instead of applause as a way to be more inclusive of students who have sensory or anxiety disorders that may become uneasy by the noise ...
The Daily Telegraph

Clapping replaced with jazz hands over fears noise could trigger anxiety among students

Clapping has been replaced with “jazz hands” at a student union, amid fears that the noise of applause could trigger anxiety among some students. Whooping is also discouraged at Manchester University ...
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The Real Sound of Clapping Isn’t From Your Hands Hitting Each Other

In a pivotal scene from the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand, a mutant claps his hands and blasts a shockwave across a battlefield. In a theater somewhere, Sunny Jung watched—and wondered. “It made me ...