I heard about this and don't understand at all. How many people have a reaction to clapping? I imagine very view. If I were in a small group and someone had this problem, I would absolutely avoid clapping. I can't even understand someone who would laugh at their suffering or do it just to hurt them. But it makes no sense to me have a large group refrain from clapping. There must be another solution.

I wonder if among young people a reaction to clapping is not as rare as I think. If not, I wonder why. I have a suspicion that availability of handheld devices could play a role because they decrease human interaction and delay kids going out into their neighborhood on their own. They've also made it practical for helicopter parents to insist their kids spend their lives under adult supervision. Once they are free of supervision, they are prone to anxieties caused by everyday things like applause. This is just a guess on my part. Hopefully someone is researching it. In any case, I see the last 20 years as an unintentional global experiment to see what would happen if a generation of people had handheld video available all the time. It may have little effect, but we should know if it's causing ill effects like applause anxiety.

Maybe not expect, but hope.

Sadly, the lunatics have taken over the asylum, and anyone who complains, they declare to be insane.

Is this the YEAR OF THE IDIOTS?

That would be my recommendation.

You would think more people would get tired of constantly bowing to the stupid.