Students have been told to wave 'jazz hands' instead of clapping at a university union to avoid triggering anxiety problems.
Officers at the University of Manchester Students' Union argued that the loud noise of clapping and cheering can also trouble those with sensory issues.
A motion was put forward by the union's liberation and access officer Sara Khan to replace it with British Sign Language clapping, also known as 'jazz hands'.
The union decided to make the switch and to 'encourage student groups and societies to do the same, and to include BSL clapping as a part of inclusion training'.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
The union decided to make the switch and to 'encourage student groups and societies to do the same, and to include BSL clapping as a part of inclusion training'.
I'd like to see more information, but it appears the Student union "made the switch" (prohibited/banned/at least discouraged) clapping at Student union events and encouraged other groups to follow suit. Face it, if people choose to clap, I don't think there is much they can do.
But again, I question whether clapping has been a real problem, or if this is just a solution in search of a problem. Clearly, if it has been/is a legitimate problem, it should be addressed, but I'd be interested to see the evidence.
Scooter wrote:A motion to "encourage" an alternative to clapping is painted as a "ban". Colour me completely unsurprised.
Whether it's "encouraged" or "banned", it's still worthy of derision. Next up, "Students encouraged to stay mute, and totally still, at meetings in case someone gets a nasty shock at sudden outbreaks of "jazz hands"."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
