IPad 2 touchscreen unresponsive since iOS 7 update.  Is there a fix to this?

I recently updated my iPad 2 to the iOS 7.  It ran fairly smoothely for about a week with the exception of a few minor bugs here and there.  But Thursday night, the touchscreen simply became unresponsive.  There was no warning, I was just typing a reply to a comment on my Facebook wall, and it suddenly stopped working.  The Home button, power button, volume, and screen rotation lock switch all still work normally.  But otherwise, my iPad is now a nice-looking brick.  I found that if I plug in earphones that have the controls on the cord, I can turn my music on and off, but I cannot change songs.
I have troubleshooted this issue and found all the so-called solutions will not work for me.  I do not have Siri, a hard restart won't work (tried that four times), I cannot back up my iPad to my computer because it requires me to unlock the passcode (which I can't because my touchscreen is unresponsive), and I cannot turn off my Find my iPad app to restore my iPad to a previous backup (which again requires my touchscreen to work).
Please, I am in the middle of Final Exams and my notes are on the iPad.  I need them to study.  At this point I would not mind doing a full factory restart if that's what was required for my iPad to work again.  But I'm not sure I can due to my touchscreen being unresponsive.  Please at least give me some suggestions.  I'm desperate here.

If your touch screen isn't working you can't disable find my iPad to do a full restore so this is what worked for me
Try logging into iCloud on another device then go to find my iPad , erase device and then set up as a new device (not a restore backup ) This worked for me and saved taking it to the shop for repairs
   Worth a try
       Good luck
               Mike

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