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Katherine Timpf May 1, 2017 The National Union of Students warned audience members at its conference that they must not clap or cheer during speeches because clapping and cheering make deaf people feel excluded. According to an article in The Telegraph, attendees at last week’s conference were warned that clapping and cheering could have a “serious impact” on deaf participants, and they were instructed to use “jazz hands” to show their support instead. “No whooping, it does have a serious impact on some delegates’ ability to access [the] conference,” Estelle Hart, an NUS elections-committee member and chairwoman of a Thursday session, told students.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447219/british-student-union-aims-ban-clapping-and-cheering-because-it-excludes-deaf-people
If they are deaf, how do they hear the speech?
Well I assumed it'd be signed. But sign language requires sight, so wouldn't any and all visuals be discrimination too?I think what needs to be applied is the Helen Keller standard.
Wouldn't "Jazz Hands" be cultural appropriation?