I can't swipe my iPhone 5 to answer a call or use my phone

I can't swipe my iPhone 5 to answer a call or turn it on.  I tried holding the power button to turn it off, but that requires me to swipe it to turn it off, as well.

A reset is nothing more than a reboot of the device. It has no affect on your data. Hold the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. The phone will reboot.
Pressing the volume button will only silence the ringer. If you are having an issue with the swipe to answer the call to show up, I've not heard of this workaround. The reset generally will fix small errors such as this with the reboot.

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