The Mirror

University encouraged sign language clapping 'to avoid triggering anxiety' with students told to do jazz hands instead

Sign language clapping is being encouraged over regular clapping at a leading universty's students' union "to avoid triggering anxiety". The University of Manchester Students' Union passed the ...
Irish Daily Mirror

University encouraged sign language clapping 'to avoid triggering anxiety' with students told to do jazz hands instead

The students' union at the University of Manchester have encouraged sign language clapping over regular clapping as sign of appreciation Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by ...
Yahoo Style UK

Oxford University 'bans' clapping over fears it triggers anxiety

The University of Oxford could "ban" clapping to prevent anxiety among students [Photo: Getty] Students are urging the University of Oxford to “ban” clapping out of fears it could trigger anxiety.
Daily Mail

Oxford University students demand clapping is banned at meetings

Snowflake students at Oxford University are the latest to demand that clapping should be banned because applause noise can trigger anxiety and want 'jazz hands' to be used instead. The idea for a ...
Sky

Student union bans clapping to make events 'inclusive'

Clapping has been banned by a student union in an move to be more inclusive towards those with anxiety or sensory issues. Jazz hands - British Sign Language (BSL) clapping - will replace clapping, ...
The Sun

Student union votes to replace clapping with jazz hands as it causes anxiety

The students will now use the British Sign Language clapping - or jazz hands - 'a more inclusive form of expression' A STUDENTS’ union in Manchester has voted to replace clapping with jazz hands to ...
Daily Express

Manchester Students’ Union encourages sign language clapping to avoid triggering anxiety

Manchester Students’ Union encourages sign language clapping to avoid triggering anxiety CLAPPING has been replaced with 'jazz hands' at University of Manchester Students’ Union events in an ...
WBAL-TV

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 ...
Daily Express

Oxford University students want CLAPPING banned in favour of using ‘jazz hands’

The idea of silent clapping was put forward at the student union’s first meeting of the year on Tuesday. The motion was passed by Sabbatical Officers Roisin McCallion, Vice President for Welfare and ...