ES2015 findIndex:
var array = ['I', 'hAve', 'theSe', 'ITEMs'],
indexOf = (arr, q) => arr.findIndex(item => q.toLowerCase() === item.toLowerCase());
console.log( indexOf(array, 'i') ) // 0
console.log( indexOf(array, 'these') ) // 2
console.log( indexOf(array, 'items') ) // 3