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The student union at the University of Manchester instituted a ban on audible clapping during their events. </p>
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<p>The student union at the University of Manchester in England
received unwanted attention online following reports of what was
described as a “clapping ban” during some of their events.</p>
<p>The union <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-45717841" rel="noopener" target="_blank">voted</a>
on 27 September 2018 to “swap audible clapping out for British Sign
Language (BSL) clapping,” in which participants wave their hands, during
“democratic events” related to student union policy.</p>
<p>“[Clapping] can trigger issues for students who have autism, sensory
issues, and deafness. And it can discourage them from being present at
those events,” said Sara Khan, the union’s liberation and access
officer.</p>
<p>While the move was <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=manchester%20clapping&src=tyah" rel="noopener" target="_blank">mocked</a> on social media, critics failed to point out that <a href="https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/articles/official-statement-on-bsl-clapping" rel="noopener" target="_blank">according</a> to a union statement, the encouragement of BSL clapping had a limited scope:</p>
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The policy was proposed in order to encourage the use of British Sign
Language (BSL) clapping during our democratic events to make those
events more accessible and inclusive for all. We are not banning audible
clapping — we understand that some people may be more comfortable to
continue using it.</p>
<p>Nor are we applying this motion to all events held at the Students’
Union. The Union holds a huge number of events, including gigs, theatre
productions and sport. This policy has no bearing on those events which
make up the majority of a packed calendar at the Students’ Union. It is
only intended to be encouraged at the Union’s democratic events – those
in which our members are invited to participate in decision making which
affects the democratic organisation of the Students’ Union. In fact,
those democratic events make up a relatively small number of meetings
inside the organisation each year.</p>
<p>We have already received many positive responses from disabled
students (some of whom are deaf or autistic), who are pleased to feel
more included in our democratic process. Some of them plan to attend
upcoming democratic events at the Union for the first time, thanks to
this policy.
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<p>The group also said that contrary to media “inaccuracies,” they did not plan to institute a ban on audible clapping:</p>
<blockquote><p>
The language in the original policy, proposed to Senate by Liberation
& Access Exec Officer Sara Khan, resolved: “to swap audible clapping
out for BSL clapping at SU events in order to make them more
accessible”, and secondly, “to encourage student groups and societies to
do the same, and to include BSL clapping as a part of inclusion
training.”</p>
<p>However, the SU have since clarified in a new official statement that
they “are not banning audible clapping” and that the policy resolves to
“encourage British Sign Language (BSL) clapping during our democratic
events only.
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<p>The country’s National Union of Students (NUS), an umbrella
organization comprising student unions from more than 600 such groups,
has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/02/manchester-student-union-to-replace-clapping-with-jazz-hands" rel="noopener" target="_blank">reportedly</a> used BSL at some events since 2015. </p>
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=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>