Whilst clapping is one of the main ways applause is expressed across the world and jazz hands are used in British Sign Language, they’re not the only forms of ovation.

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 ...

Hold your applause, please. The University of Oxford has voted to nix clapping in favor of “silent jazz hands” at their future commencement ceremonies to show solidarity with the hearing-impaired.

The University of Manchester's student union has banned clapping, whooping and cheering at their events -- suggesting the use of "jazz hands" instead. Traditional clapping can be triggering for ...

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 ...

The union voted 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 ...