This has happened to me a few times as well. I was very worried at first. Then I heard it was more common, all you need to do is reboot your iPad and it should be working again. Not sure why it happens though...
It's happened to me on two different iPad 2's though - I'm guessing its a glitch somewhere in an App we ran or the iOS.
TL;DR: Reboot.
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