Can't leave Switch Control

You mentioned that switch control is scanning through the options in the accessibility shortcut, and that tapping brings up the switch control menu. This sounds to me like you have Switch Control set up with auto-scanning on, and a full screen switch. This means, that switch control will move focus between items at a regular interval, and tapping anywhere on the screen will activate a switch.

Assuming this is correct, you should be able to turn off Switch Control using these steps.

1. Triple click the side button so that the accessibility shortcut comes up.
2. Switch Control should now scan through the items in the list with a blue cursor. When the cursor lands on Switch Control, tap on the screen. This should bring up the switch control menu as you mentioned.
3. Switch Control should now be scanning through the different rows in the menu. When the first row is highlighted (the one with the tap action), tap again on the screen.
4. Switch Control should now be scanning through the items in the first row. When the focus is on the tap action, tap the screen one more time. This should send a tap to the button and turn off Switch Control for you.

Hi florentine240

Thats really odd as usually, even with switch control on, you can touch the screen.

It maybe you will have to do a reset.

Before you do that - have you contacted Apple Support?

Also you could contact the accessibility help desk - accessibility@apple.com

Hope you manage to find a fix.

Just a thought - have you triple clicked the home button. When I do this on my device I get the option to switch off switch control - even when the lock screen is showing.